#12250. Hoping for an apocalypse? Political Realism in Apocalyptic Times by Alison McQueen

September 2026publication date
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Abstract:
Central to the apocalyptic imaginary is the notion that history has some sort of purpose, or that it provides a perspective from which we can authenticate or redeem our human activities. One might reasonably expect that realists would view such apocalypticism as precisely the sort of moralization that they urge us to be deeply suspicious of. Yet in Political Realism in Apocalyptic Times Alison McQueen argues not only that the relationship between realism and apocalyptic visions is much more complex than we might initially suspect, but also that, at a time when we live in the shadow of several possible global disasters, realist thought might offer us something in the way of instruction ‘in living through an age of catastrophe’. While McQueen is admirably honest as to the limitations of the realist approaches in the thinkers she focuses on, this review suggests that there may be good reason to be even less enthusiastic about their prospects.
Keywords:
Alison McQueen; apocalypse; Hobbes; Machiavelli; Morgenthau; realism

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