0 someone who believes that very good things can be achieved, often when this does not seem likely to others --
1 a person who values principles above practical behavior --
Recently, there has been an increased idealist orientation within the group, with structuralist ideas as a major source of inspiration.
Their internationalist rhetoric was, therefore, part of their reinterpretation of national identity, rather than an expression of idealist internationalism.
He may in fact have been an idealist, whereas others were (at least to some degree) opportunists.
I think it is a mistake to try to turn a materialist philosophy into an idealist one and continue applying the same name to it.
In the history of science and philosophy, the world has been regarded as material, mental (idealist philosophy), or dualist (both material and mental).
To me this statement appears as a departure from materialism; it is actually close to the idealist view.
We know that "realists" would applaud it, and "idealists" would repudiate it.
The outcome is a well-crafted book whose central arguments are grounded in the theoretical and methodological assumptions of ' idealist ' international relations theory.
