Neacsu Mihaela. Hans J. Morgenthau’s Theory of International Relations: Disenchantment and Re-Enchantment

Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. — 210 p.Acknowledgements
Introduction: Context and Assumptions On modernity and postmodernity in international relations
Old and new interpretations
Power as meaning imposition; between destruction and construction
Life Experience and Intellectual Encounters
A motivating life experience Studies, mentors, negative influences
Morgenthau’s reading of Nietzsche and Weber The American experience
The ‘Death of God’ and the Crisis of Philosophy
The experience of nihilism and disenchantment
Man as creature: Power as meaning imposition, and the fight over power
Man as creator, and the issue of responsibility
The Disenchantment of Politics, and Morgenthau’s Leadership Theory
A vision of plurality and perspectivism in the political realm
On politics as a fight for power, and the perils of disenchantment and technological advancement Thoughtful politics, as a solution to the evil of politics
Closing the Openness: Morgenthau on Meaning, Tradition, and the Statesman’s Mission Creation as reinterpretation: Morgenthau’s meaning of universality
The statesman and his mission: Re-enchantment
Conclusion: Hans Morgenthau’s Discussion of Meaning, Disenchantment and Leadership
Notes