• idealists emergence of interwar periods : KANT (liberal) perpetual peace, forerunner of democtraic peace. theory , HOBBES, ROUSSEAU—> FORERUNNERS
• PWWI period interwar period between
• idealism as ir approach having roots in PWWI period
• driving motivation prevent wars,
achieving peace • both idealism and realism starting with human nature
• for idealist human nature good, idvd. are good, cooperative, loveable ; the problem is the system and bc the system is bad its forcing individuals to behave in was that are contrary to
their peace ongoing behaviour • Realist evil, competitive, conflict ridden , jealous and such
• both idealist and realist make resemblance of H.N with behaviour of Nation Sates
• idealist and
realist make analogy with HN • for idealist : states also peace loving, cooperative, but bc the system is bad, bc system is anarchical they act in bad , rival way
• enter conflict not bc they want to but have to
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for them mitigate anarchy • realists think HN is bad, competitive evil by nature, there is nothing wrong with step fro states to replicate this behaviour
• the idealist realist debate : greta debate rested on human analogy, the possibility of change onside of idealists and the acceptance of truth of realists
• realist have looked at working of idealists how the world ought to bayou cannot
make a scientific analysis • positivist idea indivisibility off science
• realists observe, and analyse as it is—why does it rain —> observe subject matter of rain
• duty to make scientific observations and undertone regularity of wars / i.e. rain
• realists thought that observer and observed distanced, no social background as u can reach to understand when it rains
• if we see two states acc.
to much power, we expect certain kind of behaviour—> realists want to show AHISTORICAL TRUTH (independent of time , region and place, a true picture of working world politics )
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