Kenneth W. Thompson, the Prophet of Norms – Thought and Practice: A new book by Rajaee

Professor and Director in the College of the Humanities, Farhang Rajaee, has released a new book on the legacy of Kenneth W. Thompson as an international relation theorist.

Titled Kenneth W. Thompson, the Prophet of Norms – Thought and Practice, the book chronicles Thompson’s theories, thoughts and research.

Abstract

Kenneth W. Thompson’s legacy as an international relation theorist has been eclipsed by the voluminous works and multiplicity of topics he has authored, dealt with, edited, and published in more than half a century of public career in academia, national and international forums, and cultural institutions.

His work entitled Masters of International Thought (1980) includes the treatment of the thought of a host of modern international theorists such as Herbert Butterfield (1900-1979), Hans J. Morgenthau (1904-1980), Raymond Aron (1905-1983) and others. A major omission in that book is the name “Kenneth W. Thompson.”

Rajaee has rectified that omission in Kenneth W. Thompson, the Prophet of Norms . A theme that runs throughout the book is Thompson’s International Relations Theory and his contribution to the discipline’s development. Thompson’s career reveals that he has done this in three different ways; as an educator, as a facilitator of International Relations, scholarship and practice and more importantly as a theorist of norms. These three broad areas have shaped the organization of the present work.