The rise of the radical Right over the last decade has created a situation that demands engagement with the intellectual origins, achievements, and changing worldviews of radical conservative forces. Yet, conservative thought seems to have no distinct place in the theoretical field that has structured debates within the discipline of IR since 1945. This article seeks to explain some of the reasons for this absence. In the first part, we argue that there was in fact a clear strand of radical conservative thought in the early years of the field's development and recover some of these forgotten positions. In the second part, we argue that the near disappearance of those ideas can be traced in part to a process of ‘conceptual innovation’ through which postwar realist thinkers sought to craft a ‘conservative liberalism’ that defined the emerging field's theoretical alternatives in ways that excluded radical right-wing positions. Recovering this history challenges some of IR's most enduring narratives about its development, identity, and commitments – particularly the continuing tendency to find its origins in a defining battle between realism and liberalism. It also draws attention to overlooked resources to reflect upon the challenge of the radical Right in contemporary world politics.

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战后国际思想中的激进右翼、现实主义和保守主义政治

在过去十年中，激进右翼的崛起创造了一种需要与激进保守势力的知识渊源、成就和不断变化的世界观接触的局面。然而，自 1945 年以来，保守主义思想似乎在理论领域中没有明显的位置，该领域一直在 IR 学科内进行辩论。本文试图解释这种缺席的一些原因。在第一部分中，我们认为，在该领域发展的早期，实际上存在明显的激进保守思想，并恢复了其中一些被遗忘的立场。在第二部分，我们认为，这些想法的近乎消失可以部分追溯到“概念创新”的过程，战后现实主义思想家通过该过程试图打造一种“保守的自由主义”，以排除激进右翼的方式定义新兴领域的理论替代品职位。恢复这段历史挑战了国际关系关于其发展、身份和承诺的一些最持久的叙述——特别是在现实主义和自由主义之间的一场决定性的斗争中寻找其起源的持续趋势。它还提请注意被忽视的资源，以反思激进右翼在当代世界政治中的挑战。最持久的关于其发展、身份和承诺的叙述——尤其是在现实主义和自由主义之间的一场决定性的斗争中寻找其起源的持续趋势。它还提请注意被忽视的资源，以反思激进右翼在当代世界政治中的挑战。最持久的关于其发展、身份和承诺的叙述——尤其是在现实主义和自由主义之间的一场决定性的斗争中寻找其起源的持续趋势。它还提请注意被忽视的资源，以反思激进右翼在当代世界政治中的挑战。