Download or read book The Concept of the Political written by Hans J. Morgenthau and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A growing interest in the oeuvre of Hans J. Morgenthau and in re-readings of 'classical realism' increases the significance of his European, pre-emigration writings in order to understand the work of one of the founding figures of IR. This book is the first English translation of Morgenthau's French monograph La notion du politique from 1933 (translated by Maeva Vidal).