03813nam a22006015i 4500 978-3-031-73050-4 DE-He213 20251030113238.0 cr nn 008mamaa 241021s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031730504 978-3-031-73050-4 10.1007/978-3-031-73050-4 doi JZ1305-2060 HB bicssc HIS000000 bisacsh NH thema Caquet, P. E. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 86361 The Invention of Realpolitik, 1848–1871 [electronic resource] / by P. E. Caquet. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. VII, 233 p. 1 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 1. Introduction -- 2. The Temporality of Realpolitik -- 3. Revolution’s Legacy -- 4. The Materialist Turn -- 5. A New Era -- 6. Primacy of Foreign Policy -- 7. Nationalism Triumphant -- 8. Conclusion. What is Realpolitik? How did the concept come about, and what does it stand for? This book explores the origins and meaning of a core precept of international history and politics. Statesmen, diplomats, and analysts alike deploy the term as if it were a timeless label. Endlessly, they suppose, states compete with each other for power in a zero-sum game. Yet Realpolitik was born in Germany in the mid-nineteenth century. The circumstances of its birth are key to its meaning. Realpolitik emerged among Europe’s constitutional struggles on the one hand, and the wars of Italian and German unification on the other. Revolutionary disappointment, the end of the Romantic era, and the rise of a new scientific materialism all informed a Realist period of political strongmen. Rather than describing a permanent state of things, this book suggests, Realpolitik is rooted in nineteenth-century European and German politics, and consequently the rise of an aggressive nationalism. P.E. Caquet is an international historian of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He is a senior member of Hughes Hall, the University of Cambridge, UK, and he teaches or has taught at Cambridge and SciencesPo Paris. He has written three books, including The Orient, the Liberal Movement, and the Eastern Crisis of 1839-41 (Palgrave, 2016), and has published academic articles in such journals as the Historical Journal, the International History Review, Middle Eastern Studies, and Cultural and Social History. International relations History. 72711 World politics. 58105 Europe History 1492-. 68968 Europe, Central History. 77403 Political science. 58714 International relations. 58103 Diplomatic and International History. 72712 Political History. 67817 History of Modern Europe. 72822 History of Germany and Central Europe. 77404 Political Science. 58714 International Relations. 58103 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031730498 Printed edition: 9783031730511 Printed edition: 9783031730528 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-73050-4 ZDB-2-HTY ZDB-2-SXH 64363 64363