Return of the Theorists

Richard Ned Lebow is Professor of International Political Theory in the War Studies Department of King's College London, Bye-Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge and the James O. Freedman Presidential Professor (Emeritus) of Government at Dartmouth College. His most recent publications are Franz Ferdinand Lives: A World Without World War I, Constructing Cause in International Relations and, co-authored with Simon Reich, Goodbye Hegemony! Rethinking America's Role in the World (all titles published in 2014). Peer Schouten is a postdoctoral researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies and editor-in-chief of Theory Talks. He works on issues ranging from International Relations Theory to mining-related conflicts in Central Africa. Hidemi Suganami was Professor of the Philosophy of International Relations at Keele before joining Aberystwyth University in 2004. His major works include The Domestic Analogy and Word Order Proposals (1989); On the Causes of War (1996); and, with Andrew Linklater, The English School of International Relations (2006).

• Introduction; The Editors1. Homer (c. 850 BCE); Richard Ned Lebow2. Conversations with Confucius (551-479 BCE); Pichamon Yeophantong3. Lao Zi (6th-5th century BCE?): Dao of International Politics; Chen Yudan4. Thucydides (c.460 – c. 395 BCE): A Theorist for All Time; Richard Ned Lebow5. Discussing War with Plato (429 – 347 BCE); Christopher Coker6. Aristotle (384 – 322 BCE): The Philosopher and the Discipline; Anthony F Lang, Jr. 7. Two Realisms of Niccolò Machiavelli (1469 – 1527) ; Erica Benner8. Thomas Hobbes (1588 – 1679) ; Michael C. Williams9. An Interview with John Locke (1632-1704) ; Beate Jahn10. Two Days in the Life of 'Dave' Hume (1711 – 1776) ; Hidemi Suganami11. The Dangers of Dependence: Sultan's Conversation with his Master Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778); David Boucher12. Immanuel Kant (1724 –1804): A Little Kantian 'Schwaermerei'; Friedrich Kratochwil13. A Fine Bromance: Immanuel Kant (1724 – 1804) and Niccolò Machiavelli (1469 – 1527) ; Seán Molloy14. G.W.F. Hegel (1770 –1831) and International Relations; Richard Beardsworth15. A Brief Encounter with Major-General Carl von Clausewitz (1780 – 1831); Jan Willem Honig16. A Conversation with Karl Marx (1818 – 1883) on why there is no Socialism in the United States; Joshua Simon17. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 – 1900); Tracy B. Strong18. Émile Durkheim (1858 – 1917); Bertrand Badie19.Theory Talk #-100: John Dewey (1859 – 1952) on the Horror of Making his Poetry Public; Christian Bueger and Peer Schouten20. Max Weber (1864 – 1920); Richard Ned Lebow21. The Republic of Norman Angell (1872 – 1967): A Dialogue (with apologies to Plato); Lucian Ashworth22. Functionalism in Uncommon Places: Electrifying the Hades with David Mitrany (1888 – 1975); Jens Steffek23. Dialogue with Arnold Wolfers (1892 – 1968); James W. Davis24. E. H. Carr (1892 – 1982); Mick Cox25. Modernity, Technology and Global Security: A Conversation with Lewis Mumford (1895-1990); Rens van Munster and Casper Sylvest26. More Fragments of an Intellectual Biography: Hans J. Morgenthau (1904–1980); William E. Scheuerman27. The Return of the Spectateur Engagé: Interview with Raymond Aron (1905 – 1983); Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia28. Hannah Arendt (1906 – 1975); Kimberly Huntchings29. Interview with John Herz (1908 – 2005); Andrew Lawrence30. Interview with Charles P. Kindleberger (1910 – 2003), The Reputed Progenitor of Hegemonic Stability Theory; Simon Reich31. Karl Deutsch (1912 – 1992) Interviewed; Andrei Markovits32. International Theory beyond the Three Traditions: A Student's Conversation with Martin Wight (1913 – 1972); Ian Hall33. John Rawls (1921 – 2002); Huw L. Williams34. The Spirit of Susan Strange (1923-1998); Louis Pauly35. Questioning Kenneth N. Waltz (1924 – 2013); HidemiSuganami and Adam Humphreys36. Frantz Fanon (1925-1961); Rita Abrahamsen37. Deep Hanging Out with Michel Foucault (1926-1984); Iver Neumann38. Interviewing Pierre Bourdieu (1930 – 2002) about Pierre Bourdieu and International Relations; Anna Leander39. Hedley Bull (1932 – 1985); Robert Ayson40. Jean Bethke Elshtain (1941 – 2013): A Woman's Refuge, Baghdad, Summer 2015; Caroline Kennedy-PipeConclusions; The Editors