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* ''The Life and Death of the Cold War: Selected Studies in Postwar Statecraft'', 1976. | * ''The Life and Death of the Cold War: Selected Studies in Postwar Statecraft'', 1976. | ||
* ''Justice, Human Nature, and Political Obligation'', 1976. | * ''Justice, Human Nature, and Political Obligation'', 1976. | ||
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* ''The Soviet Union and the Challenge of the Future: Ideology, Culture, and Nationality'', 1989 (with Alexander Shtromas). | * ''The Soviet Union and the Challenge of the Future: Ideology, Culture, and Nationality'', 1989 (with Alexander Shtromas). | ||
* ''Morality and Religion in Liberal Democratic Societies'', 1999 (with Gordon Anderson). | * ''Morality and Religion in Liberal Democratic Societies'', 1999 (with Gordon Anderson). | ||
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Morton A. Kaplan (May 9, 1921 – September 26, 2017)[1] [2] was Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, Emeritus, at the University of Chicago. He was also President of the Professors World Peace Academy International; and Editor of the World&I magazine, published by the Washington Times Corporation, from its founding in 1986 until 2004.
Life
He attended Temple University and Stanford University, and received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1951. He has held fellowships from the Center of International Studies at Princeton University and from the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. He was also a Carnegie Traveling Fellow. Kaplan has published extensively in the areas of international relations and international politics.[3]
Work
Kaplan introduced a new analytical tool to the study of international relations, systems analysis.[4] His view contrasts with that of John Rawls - that it might be possible to isolate some basic social and political rules; rather Kaplan's alternative theory of justice is his test in principle, a kind of decision procedure for evaluating social, political, and moral choices, which attempts to circumvent the limitations of an egocentric or culturally narrow perspective while providing sufficient context to make a judgment.[4] Kaplan used systems analysis to differentiate among the various types of international state systems: the "balance of power" system, the loose bipolar system, the tight bipolar system, the universal international system, the hierarchical international system, and the Unit Veto International System.[5]
His many books include Science, Language and the Human Condition, Law in a Democratic Society, and System and Process in International Politics (1957), a seminal work in the scientific study of international relations. He was a critic of communism and of the policies of the Soviet Union.[6] In 1979 he edited The Many Faces of Communism.[7]
Legacy
Major Works
- The Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia, 1960.
- Political Foundations of International Law, 1961 (with Nicholas deB. Katzenbach).
- The Revolution in World Politics, 1966.
- New Approaches To International Relations, 1968.
- Dissent and the State in Peace and War: An Essai on the Grounds of Public Morality, 1970.
- On Historical and Political Knowing, 1971.
- Strategic Thinking and Its Moral Implications, 1973.
- The Rationale for NATO: European Collective Security - Past and Future, 1973.
- Great Issues of International Politics: The International System and National Policy, 1974.
- Alienation and Identification, 1976.
- The Life and Death of the Cold War: Selected Studies in Postwar Statecraft, 1976.
- Justice, Human Nature, and Political Obligation, 1976.
- The Many Faces of Communism (edited), 1978.
- The Soviet Union and the Challenge of the Future: Ideology, Culture, and Nationality, 1989 (with Alexander Shtromas).
- Morality and Religion in Liberal Democratic Societies, 1999 (with Gordon Anderson).
- System and Process in International Politics, 2005.
Notes
- ↑ Francis Locher, Contemporary Authors: First revision - Volumes 5-8 (Gale Research Company, 1970, ISBN 978-0810300019), 619,
- ↑ Morton A. Kaplan, renowned political scientist, international relations scholar (1921–2017).
- ↑ Google Scholar list of publications by Morton A. Kaplan and related citations.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Review of Morton Kaplan’s Justice, Human Nature, and Political Obligation, Vincent Luizzi, The American Journal of Jurisprudence, Vol. 22, 1977, pp. 202-208.
- ↑ Robert Jackson and Georg Sørensen, Introduction to International Relations (Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0199285433).
- ↑ "Careful Reading of Red Statements Reveals Strategy", Star-News, July 23, 1971
- ↑ capsule review by John C. Campbell, in Foreign Affairs, Spring 1979
ReferencesISBN links support NWE through referral fees
- Jackson, Robert, and Georg Sørensen. Introduction to International Relations. Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0199285433
- Locher, Francis. Contemporary Authors: First revision - Volumes 5-8. Gale Research Company, 1970. ISBN 978-0810300019
External links
All links retrieved
- Morton A. Kaplan in Memoriam PWPA
- Morton A. Kaplan, renowned political scientist, international relations scholar (1921–2017) University of Chicago
- Remembering Dr. Kaplan, A Great Supporter of True Parents FFWPU-USA
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