Hans Kelsen's Political Realism

Challenges conventional views of Hans Kelsen and foreign-policy realism in International Relations theory Focuses on Kelsen as a political thinker and actorIntroduces Kelsen as a political realistShows how Kelsen thought of human nature the state, and warChallenges today’s Schmittians and conventional views of foreign-policy realismHighlights the possibility for progress and peace in a rough worldA lively account of Kelsen’s life and political thinking This book is the first work to show this ic