International Politics and Inner Worlds [electronic resource] : Masks of Reason under Scrutiny /
Jacobsen, Kurt.author.
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. .
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.
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. .
Political theory.
International relations.
Political economy.
Psychoanalysis.
United States—Politics and government.
Comparative politics.
Political Theory.
International Relations Theory.
International Political Economy.
Psychoanalysis.
US Politics.
Comparative Politics.