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Kenneth Waltz
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American political scientist and international relations theoretician (1924-2013)
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Kenneth Waltz (1924–2013) was an American political scientist, philosopher, and university teacher. Born in Ann Arbor, he served as a full professor and chairperson at several institutions, including Columbia University, the University of California, Berkeley, Brandeis University, and Swarthmore College. His academic work focused on international relations and political science. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Phi Beta Kappa Society, and he received a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Waltz was educated at Oberlin College and Columbia University. He served in the United States Army during World War II and the Korean War. Among his published works is *Man, the State, and War*. He died in Washington, D.C., of pneumonia.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Man, the State, and War
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1986
Discography
- A Social Grace1990
- I Remember / Only in a Dream1990
- Into the Everflow1992
- Mosquito1994
- Bleeding1996
- Devils and Angels2019
- All the Bad Men2020
- The God‐Shaped Void2020
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method
· 2001 · cited 163,234x
- Differential Evolution – A Simple and Efficient Heuristic for global Optimization over Continuous Spaces
· 1997 · cited 24,729x
- Analyzing real-time PCR data by the comparative CT method
· 2008 · cited 23,558x
- Common risk factors in the returns on stocks and bonds
· 1993 · cited 20,504x
- Physisorption of gases, with special reference to the evaluation of surface area and pore size distribution (IUPAC Technical Report)
· 2015 · cited 19,592x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Asking who won a given war, someone has said, is like asking who won the San Francisco earthquake. That in war there is no victory but only varying degrees of defeat is a proposition that has gained increasing acceptance in the twentieth century.”
- “According to the first image of international relations, the locus of the important causes of war is found in the nature and behavior of man. Wars result from selfishness, from misdirected aggressive impulses, from stupidity.”
- “Each man does seek his own interest, but, unfortunately, not according to the dictates of reason.”
- “To solve these problems one needs as much an understanding of politics as an understanding of man - and the one cannot be derived from the other.”
- “The most important causes of political arrangements and acts are found in the nature and behavior of man.”
- “If we are to have peace, we must learn loyalty to a larger group. And before we can learn loyalty, the thing to which we are to be loyal must be created.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1924-06-08 ) June 8, 1924, Ann Arbor, Michigan , U.S.
- Died
- May 12, 2013 (2013-05-12) (aged 88), New York City, New York , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Oberlin College ( BA ) Columbia University ( MA , PhD )
- Thesis
- Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis (1954)
- Academic advisor
- William T. R. Fox
- Era
- Contemporary philosophy
- Region
- Western Philosophy
- School
- Neorealism
- Institutions
- University of California, Berkeley , Columbia University
- Main interests
- International security , nuclear security , anarchy
- Notable ideas
- Structural realism , defensive realism
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch
- United States Army
- Service years
- 1944 – 1946
- Rank
- First lieutenant
- Conflicts
- World War II , Occupation of Japan
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Encyclopedic overview
Kenneth Neal Waltz (/wɔːlts/; June 8, 1924 – May 12, 2013) was an American political scientist who was a member of the faculty at both the University of California, Berkeley, and Columbia University and one of the most prominent scholars in the field of international relations. He was a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War.
Waltz was one of the original founders of neorealism, or structural realism, in international relations theory and later became associated with the school of defensive neorealism. Waltz's theories have been extensively debated within the field of international relations. His 1979 book Theory of International Politics is the most assigned book in International Relations graduate training at U.S. universities.
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