https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/At-the-Frontiers-of-Reality https://booksandideas.net/At-the-Frontiers-of-Reality 2018-06-07T07:00:00Z text/html en Christophe Al-Saleh Philosophy mankind language realism world animals https://booksandideas.net/What-is-a-Realist https://booksandideas.net/What-is-a-Realist 2016-10-27T07:00:00Z text/html en Florian Louis Politics geopolitics Institut français realism <p>Political leaders are often accused of cynicism in their handling of international relations. Others see such behavior as no more than “realism.” But what exactly does this term mean? Two recent works reconsider the origins of the concepts of <i>Realpolitik</i> and geopolitics and challenge the dichotomy between values and interests.</p>