A Subjective Approach to International Relations (inbunden)
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Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
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110
Utgivningsdatum
2025-02-21
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Polity Press
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Andrew Brown
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1
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9781509567089

A Subjective Approach to International Relations

The Battle of Meaning

av Bertrand Badie
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2025-02-21
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Chinas growing power and Russias invasion of Ukraine have thrust geopolitics back to the centre of the global stage, but the old geopolitical frameworks, with their positivist methods and their emphasis on structural determinants, will not enable us to understand the increasingly dangerous world in which we are living today. Bertrand Badie argues that states and the many other actors now operating in the international arena are products of their cultural contexts and political traditions. Their perspectives and motivations are shaped by the narratives, memories and emotions that constitute peoples everyday realities; they are therefore profoundly subjective in character and cannot be reduced to the categories of behaviour posited by traditional geopolitical frameworks like realist IR theory. In Badies view, international disputes in the twenty-first century are better understood through the concept of the battle for meaning, confrontations between different modes of understanding the world. His judgement is that peace and stability depend on greater sensitivity to the worldview and international perspective of other actors in the international arena. A willingness to try to see the world from the subjective perspective of ones friends, rivals and even ones enemies is vital. This timely and engaging book by one of the worlds leading scholars of international relations will be of great interest to students and scholars in politics and IR and to anyone concerned about the growing tensions in the world today.
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Bertrand Badie is Professor of Political Science at Sciences Po, Paris.

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Preface Introduction Chapter 1. The return of geopolitics: a nostalgic illusion or a recurrent error? The foundational times of geopolitics Is geopolitics outdated? Geographic renewal Chapter 2. The two international scenes and their multiple meanings A short subjective history of the international arena The semantic ambiguity of the international system: the perpetual conflict of meaning The two systems: the system in theory and the system in practice Chapter 3. Four questions that have become fundamental The identity of the actor is no longer a simple question Thinking about the Other The construction of the context What fusion of horizons? Chapter 4. Rethinking the international agenda The unavoidable battle for recognition The confusion of contexts Diplomacy has many meanings The semantic clash of powers A tentative conclusion: the looming battles for meaning Notes

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