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Realism
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An influential movement in the teaching of international relations, realism argued that responsible political actions are based on the recognition that national policy is driven by interests. A prominent founder of this trend was the political scientist Hans J. Morgenthau (1904–1980), a German who fled from the Nazis to America. His understand…

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Scheuerman, William E., “Realism”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 01 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0723>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20221116



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