Thompson, Kenneth W.
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Birthname | Kenneth Winfred Thompson | ||||
born on | 29 August 1921 at 16:10 (= 4:10 PM ) | ||||
Place | Des Moines, Iowa, 41n36, 93w37 | ||||
Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American academic and author known for his contributions to normative theory in international relations. In 1978 he became director of the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. He retired as director in 1998, but continued to head its Forum Program until 2004.
Thompson's Principles and Problems of International Politics, a volume of readings co-edited with his mentor, Hans Morgenthau, provided the intellectual guidelines for his thinking through the succeeding four decades. Primary among these guidelines is a reliance on history. Thompson has seen himself as part of the influential tradition of political realism, the heir of the thought of Morgenthau and Reinhold Niebuhr, and the sustainer of the subsequent generation of scholars. He organized and coedited the innovative seventh edition of Politics among Nations released by McGraw Hill.
Kenneth W. Thompson died on 2 February 2013 at age 91.
Relationships
- (has as) mentor relationship with Morgenthau, Hans (born 17 February 1904)
Events
- Work : Great Achievement 1950 (PhD)
Source Notes
Birth certificate in hand from Sy Scholfield, copy on file.
Categories
- Traits : Mind : Education extensive (PhD)
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 91)
- Vocation : Writers : Publisher/ Editor (Editor)
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction