International Politics and Inner Worlds - Masks of Reason under Scrutiny

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.

List of contents

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.

Product details

• Authors: Kurt Jacobsen
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2017
• EAN: 9783319543512
• ISBN: 978-3-31-954351-2
• No. of pages: 231
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 19 mm x 218 mm
• Weight: 405 g
• Series: Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas