The journal Society and Politics invites submissions to its forthcoming special issue:
Hume and Political Realism
\n\nGuest editors: Tamas Demeter and Gabor Zoltan Szucs
\n\nConflict is the essence of politics\, and it is about power in the first place&rdquo\;\, &ldquo\;Good institutions cannot replace good politicians&rdquo\;\, &ldquo\;Politics is the way it is because human rationality is limited and people are morally imperfect&rdquo\;\, or &ldquo\;Political judgment cannot be derived from moral sense or science&rdquo\; &ndash\; these claims are in the forefront of controversies in both theoretical and practical spheres of politics and are indicative of the stance called &lsquo\;political realism&rsquo\;. While similar claims can be familiar in David Hume&rsquo\;s oeuvre\, surprisingly little attention has been devoted to his attitude toward such realism. This issue is organized around the idea that this perspective could lead to important contributions to interpreting Hume&rsquo\;s political philosophy and understanding its external contexts. We invite submissions exploring how the problems of political realism emerge in both Hume&rsquo\;s historical and philosophical works\, how they are grounded in Hume&rsquo\;s science of man\, or how contemporary discourses in political theory can shed light on the realist features of Hume&rsquo\;s political philosophy.
\n\nPapers no longer than 8.000 words or book reviews no longer than 800 words should be submitted by email to Tamas Demeter\, tsd2333@gmail.com
\n\nDeadline for sending materials: the 30th of November 2015
\nFor the authors&rsquo\; guidelines see:
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