Download or read book The Hidden History of Realism written by S. Molloy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-02-04 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging the received notions of International Relations theory about a central tradition - Realism - Molloy demonstrates how a belief in a mode of theorization has distorted Realism, forcing the theory of power politics in IR into a paradigmatic strait-jacket that is simply inadequate and inappropriate to the task of encompassing its diversity.