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Idealism and Realism: The Normative and the Empirical

In: Societal Dynamics

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  • Frederick Betz

    (Portland State University)

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In explaining leadership by authorities in a society, we have seen the importance of the perspectives of realism and idealism in the historical events. Realism is the description of the actual use of power, and idealism is the justification for the exercise of power. We continue examining the historical case of the Russian Revolution, particularly in comparing Lenin’s reasoning with Kerensky’s reasoning. We see that Lenin was more realistic about the Russian political situation than Kerensky. Kerensky was more idealistic about government and also too idealistic about the Russian Army. We see that these differences in reasoning were important to the historical explanation of why Kerensky failed to keep governmental power and Lenin succeeded. Then, the history of Russia was changed.

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  • Frederick Betz, 2012. "Idealism and Realism: The Normative and the Empirical," Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management, in: Societal Dynamics, chapter 0, pages 49-67, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:innchp:978-1-4614-1278-6_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1278-6_3
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