I don't know. Why don't you ask the crowds at every ISA and APSA who pack the room of just about any panel that Mearsheimer is on?
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The "crowds" that pack Mearsheimer's panel are pre-pubescent boys caught up in some masturbatory fantasy who think that there's a chance they'll see blood spilt.
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^ Men, you're so low. Get lost.
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Mearsheimer's presence is what sustains Chicago as a top 10 program. There is no understating the influence of "Tragedy". "Tragedy", FTW.
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Empire, Hardt and Negri
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I study IR, and while I've heard of Ikenberry, I've never heard of "After Victory" nor had it recommended to me or seen it on a syllabus...
w. t. f.
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Mearsheimer's presence utterly fails to sustain Chicago as a top 10 program.
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"Social Theory" (past winner); "Tragedy"; "After Victory" (likely contenders) -- Chicago connections all. But I'd be happier in a world where Deudney was likely to take it. He ever been to Chicago?
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I hate to break it to they who mentioned Kalyvas' work... but in reality, while a good book (TONs and tons of work there... holy cow) theoretically it was predicated almost entirely off of some articles written (and tested) back in the early 90s and late 80s by others.
I, also, have never heard of this Ikenberry book, so "w.t.f." yourself bud ^^^.
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Are all of you naming "Tragedy of Great Power Politics" serious? It's but one more peripheral argument in the angry realists handbag.
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"Peripheral argument," huh? The Tragedy of Great Power Politics Google Scholar citation count is 917. How's yours, buddy?
Seriously, you all wish you had Mearsheimer's job, salary, influence, and citation count.
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^^ give me a name of your work. I might try to cite it once.
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Here's another list for the ISA
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I didn't make any claims about my work, idiot. But if you're going to claim somebody else's argument is "peripheral," then you better be able to put up or shut up. So, what's the accumulated citation count of all the articles rerunning COW data that you've published in third-tier journals?Posted 1 year ago # -
What about Kissinger's Diplomacy book? Isn't that widely cited?
WHO GIVES A FUCK ABOUT THESE IR-STORYTELLERS!!!
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"I, also, have never heard of this Ikenberry book, so "w.t.f." yourself bud ^^^."
Ditto
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"Diplomacy" was published in 1994 so it doesn't count.
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Jealousy is such an ugly thing. I hope the eight people in the audience at your forthcoming APSA panel are mesmerized by your use of the latest statistical technique.
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^ Are you Mearsheimer, or just someone who spends their afternoons defending him? Calm down, buddy. Taking citation counts that serious is bad for the sperm count.
Forget the citation count: has the book moved the discipline forward? Evidence for that may be in the citation count; or it may be evidence that people feel compelled to cite Mearsheimer for other reasons.
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I can assure you that I am not John Mearsheimer. I'm just a bit amazed at how easily people dismiss somebody whose influence on the field is really undeniable. You can argue he's wrong (and I might agree with you), but you can't argue he's unimportant or "peripheral."
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^^ either you're an idiot or you have not read his book.
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^ you do realize that the discussion is about the "best" book and therefore whether it is right or wrong really matters!
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And the "sperm count"? Do you have a mid-life crisis or what?
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"The Lobby"
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^^^
There are books that I disagree with that I would nonetheless acknowledge are well-written and important books. I'm not a fan of constructivism, but I wouldn't argue with Alex Wendt's book having received this award previously.Posted 1 year ago #