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The historical function of the school of political realism was to correct American historical optimism in reference to the realities of power politics. I believe it has essentially contributed to the possibility of present American world-power politics.
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This text was first published in: The Ambivalence of Progress (New York: Paragon House, 1988), pp. 161–171, translation of: Der Garten des Menschlichen (Munich: Hanser, 1977): II.5.
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I am deeply indebted to G.-K. Kindermann: Hans J. Morgenthau und die theoretischen Grundlagen des politischen Realismus. Einführung zur deutschen Übersetzung von “Politics Among Nations” (Gütersloh: Bertelsmann, 1963): 19–47.
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Cf. “Matter, Energy, Information”, reprinted as Chap. 11 in: Michael Drieschner (ed.): Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Major Texts in Physics (Cham et al.: Springer-Verlag, 2014) and originally published in: The Unity of Nature (New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1980), pp. 274–294; it was translated by Francis J. Zucker from: Die Einheit der Natur (Munich: Hanser, 1971): III.5.
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Cf. Footnote 3.
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Chapter 10 in this volume—editor [MD].
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von Weizsäcker, C.F. (2014). On Power. In: Drieschner, M. (eds) Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Major Texts in Philosophy. SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice(), vol 23. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03671-7_11
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