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Martin Wight on Fortune and Irony in Politics

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Introduction

    • Michele Chiaruzzi
    Pages 1-5
  3. Wight’s Intent: Text, Context, and Method

    • Michele Chiaruzzi
    Pages 7-14
  4. The Wind of Politics: Disputing Determinism

    • Michele Chiaruzzi
    Pages 15-25
  5. A Polemical Reflex

    • Michele Chiaruzzi
    Pages 27-33
  6. Fortune and Irony as Experiential Acquisitions

    • Michele Chiaruzzi
    Pages 43-52
  7. The Causal and Moral Complexity of Politics

    • Michele Chiaruzzi
    Pages 53-62
  8. Epilogue

    • Michele Chiaruzzi
    Pages 75-78
  9. Fortune’s Banter

    • Martin Wight
    Pages 79-113
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 115-184

About this book

Martin Wight was one of the most influential twentieth-century British thinkers who investigated on international politics and continues to inspire the English school of international relations. Containing a previously unpublished essay by Wight, this book brings this essay, "Fortune's Banter", to light.

About the author

Michele Chiaruzzi teaches International Relations in the Università di Bologna, Italy.

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