Essays on Realism

This theory adopts a more realistic and pragmatic approach to law by considering customary practices and circumstances surrounding a conflict. Basically it evolves on the perception that law is derived from precedents giving it the binding flavour to similar cases. It is for a fact…

Photorealism which can also be identified as Superrealism, Hyperrealism, New Realism, or Sharp Focus Realism, is a type of art that incorporates graphic media, drawing, and paintings in which the artist replicates a photograph onto a canvas to make it as realistically as possible. The…

Aristotle is known as the father of Realism. To understand fully his work, we should at least have a glimpse of his life in his early days. He was born in 384 B.C.E. in Stagira, Greece. He is a son of a physician at court…

Scholars in this theory are perhaps more practical than theoretical as compared to the others as they try to define law from a realistic point of view by calling a spade a spade and not a big spoon. Generally, almost every scholar wants their theory…

Magical Realism is perhaps one if the most misunderstood concepts in literature, because the genre is very specific, while also being intentionally ambiguous. So what is magical realism? It is not straight fantasy or even urban fantasy, but is also not completely realistic either. Magical…

Given the fact, and just what history proves, that realism dominated other theoretical traditions or idealisms because of its simple yet powerful explanations for war, alliances, imperialism, obstacles to cooperation and other international phenomena; showing and stating that the prospects for eliminating conflict and war…

Theorists believed that Realism started from the Peloponnesian war. It is an idea from a pessimist perception wherein the states are the key actors in international politics and where all of them desire power. There were types of Realism that was tackled during the discussion:…

Look at the United States, in every global or domestic issue they are always there either as an ally or enemy of a certain state. When you think of it, United States is currently the sole superpower of the world. How does one become a…

Idealism and Realism are two opposites in philosophy. The theory of Realism focuses on two things, existence of objects/entities and independence of these objects/entities. Realism is that the reality and its existence is independent from mind. Realism portrays an actual picture of a condition, emphasizing…