POL208Y1 Lecture : POL208 sept 25 realism liberalism
25 Sep 2013
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Paradigms are just deep assumptions about how the realm of ir works. Places emphasis on the acceptance of facts and analysis of their cases and consequences. Based on practical rather then moral or ideological consideration. Paradigms are theories about deep assumptions about how the ir works. Most of the time in natural sciences. It rules the field, however due to holes in the paradigm it gets replaced. In the social sciences this doesn"t occur. in the social sciences you can"t really test out theories so there are numerous paradigms. Bismarck- realpolitik: famous for uniting russian and germany, careful and ambitious, the unification of germany and led germany to become a super leading power, realpolitik is the politics of realities. It should be practical and not passed on moral ideologies: the politics of reality: politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations, conservative.
