International Politics and Inner Worlds

Masks of Reason under Scrutiny

Kurt Jacobsen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

VII, 231 Seiten

2018 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-85376-5 (ISBN)

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This book takes radical aim at the conventional conduct of international relations analysis. It reexamines the role of ideas, the usefulness of psychoanalysis, the rage for and at rational choice, the influence of the public on foreign policy, counterinsurgency evangelism, and development orthodoxies at the national and genetic levels. Drawing a bead on conceptual blind spots prevalent both inside and outside the academy, the book urges scholars to reflect on how inner worlds shape the actions of their subjects-and their own research analyses, as well.

Kurt Jacobsen is a journalist, award-winning filmmaker, and an Associate (formerly Research Associate and Lecturer) in the Program for International Politics, Economics and Security (PIPES) at the University of Chicago. He also has taught at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, Rutgers University, Imperial College London and has been a Visiting Scholar at the London School of Economics on many occasions. He is the author or editor of ten books.

1. Introduction: Politics All The Way Down.- 2. Perestroika in American Political Science.- 3. Dueling Constructivisms: A Postmortem on the Ideas Debate in IR/IPE.- 4. Why Do States (Bother to) Deceive?: Managing Trust at Home and Abroad.-5. COIN Flips: Counterinsurgency and American International Relations.- 6. Why Freud Matters: Psychoanalysis and IR Revisited.- 7. The Mystique of Genetic Correctness.- 8. Loose Ends: Considerations on the Aftermaths of the Celtic Tiger and the 'Northern Troubles'.- 9. Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.03.2022
Reihe/Serie	Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice
Zusatzinfo	VII, 231 p.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	316 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
Schlagworte	Freud • History • International Relations • IR theory • Political Psychology • political theory • Rational choice • Realism • US politics • Welfare State
ISBN-10	3-319-85376-7 / 3319853767
ISBN-13	978-3-319-85376-5 / 9783319853765
Zustand	Neuware