Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-255) and index.
What Moves Man -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- Exploring the Realist Image of Man -- Main Arguments -- Approach and Layout of This Book -- Why Is This Study Important? -- Part I. What Moves Man? An Analysis of the Realist Psychology -- 2. The Roots of Realism -- Introduction -- The Roots of Realism in the History of Thucydides -- Alternatives to Realism in the History of Thucydides -- Summary and Conclusions -- 3. Realism Goes Modern -- Introduction -- Niccolo Machiavelli -- Thomas Hobbes -- Summary and Conclusions -- 4. Realism Today -- Introduction.
"Classical" Realism in the Twentieth Century -- Neorealism and Beyond -- Rational Choice and Game Theory -- Summary and Conclusions -- 5. Realist Man through the Ages: A Synopsis -- The Realist Image of Man -- The Role of Motivational Assumptions in Realist Theory -- The Effects of the Realist Use of Motivational Assumptions -- Part II. Sunglasses at Night: A Critique of the Realist Psychology -- 6. What Is Wrong with the Realist Psychology? -- The Incompleteness of Realist Motivational Assumptions -- The Bias of Realist Motivational Assumptions -- Realist Defenses.
7 The Effects of the Realist Bias -- How Biased Assumptions Produce Biased Interpretations -- How Biased Interpretations Affect Realist Scholarship -- How Theoretical Biases Affect Reality -- How the Realist Bias Affects International Politics -- 8. A Self-Fulfilling Prophesy? -- The Problem of the Self-Fulfilling Prophesy -- The Prophetic Status of the Realist Paradigm -- Concluding Observations -- 9 Conclusion: Great Debates and Small Suggestions -- Realism-Where Do We Go from Here? -- Complementary Motivational Assumptions in International Relations Theory -- Transcending the Third Debate.