Steppe Tradition in International Relations - Russians, Turks and European State Building 4000 Bce-2017 Ce

Argues that the Eurasian steppe political tradition has been globally influential, particularly in the socio-political formation of modern Russia and Turkey.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The steppe as the great unknown; 2. The emergence of the steppe tradition; 3. The steppe tradition settles down; 4. The steppe in the emergent Rus' polity; 5. Russia and Turkey between the steppe and Europe.

About the author

Iver B. Neumann, Ph.D., is a researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Adjunct Professor at the Museum of Cultural History, Universitetet i Oslo. He has taken a career-long interest in the differences between Russia and Europe and has published two previous books on the matter: Russia and the Idea of Europe (1996, 2nd edition, 2017) and Uses of the Other: 'The East' in European Identity Formation (1999). He has also published widely on diplomacy and statebuilding.Einar Wigen, Ph.D. (Universitetet i Oslo, Turkish studies) is post doctoral fellow at the Department for Culture Studies and Oriental Languages,Universitetet i Oslo. As well as being trained as an Ottomanist, he holds one M.A. in political science from the Universitetet i Oslo, and another in peace and conflict studies from European Peace University, Austria. Wigen is the author of the monograph State of Translation: Turkey in Interlingual Relations (2018).

Summary

This book traces the tradition of empire that emerged in the Eurasian steppe from the fourth millennium BCE onwards, and its influence in the modern era. It will be of interest to scholars and advanced students of international politics, global history and social anthropology, especially those working on state building in Eurasia.

Product details

• Authors: Iver Neumann, Iver (London School of Economics and Political Science) Neumann, Iver B. Neumann, Iver B. (London School of Economics and P Neumann, Iver B. (London School of Economics and Political Science) Neumann, Iver B. Wigen Neumann, NEUMANN IVER, Neumann Iver B., Einar Wigen, Einar (Universitetet i Oslo) Wigen, Einar B. Wigen, Einar B. (Universitetet i Oslo) Wigen, Wigen Einar
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781108420792
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42079-2
• No. of pages: 322
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, International Relations, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, International Organisations & Institutions