Tragedy or Scepticism? Defending the Anti-Pelagian Mind in World Politics

International Relations

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 321-328

  Rengger, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ethics; Morgenthau; Oakeshott; political thought; tragedy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248039301     PISSN: 00471178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047117805055409     Document Type: Article

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