Feminist Realism and the Future of International Political Thought
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Feminist Realism: Jean Bethke Elshtain and Armed Civic Virtue
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Social Sciences · Political Science
Discovery of the day
This article introduces and interrogates “feminist realism” through the work of Jean Bethke Elshtain, merging a pessimistic anthropology from Saint Augustine and Reinhold Niebuhr with an account of international anarchy inspired by Hannah Arendt and Kenneth Waltz. The author demonstrates how Elshtain reconciled these realist commitments with Jane Addams’ notion of civic householding, while remaining unsettled by the specter of armed civic virtue. For you, as a writer and philosopher who values the intersection of spirituality, sociology, and political thought, this synthesis offers a rich framework for understanding how gender egalitarian principles can reshape realpolitik — a perspective that speaks directly to your interest in reconciling diverse faith traditions with worldly governance.
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