Breathing fresh air into debates surrounding foreign policy and
interstate relations, Bianca Naude presents a holistic theory of
states as collectives of people that cannot be reduced to their
individual constituents. Moving among current research on the
ontological status of the state alongside important arguments in
support of the state personhood thesis, Naude begins by exploring
Freud’s personality theory and the ways in which this theory has
evolved over time in response to newer insights from the field of
experimental psychology. Recognizing that Freud’s work is in many
ways outdated, she considers more recent literature on narcissism
as an aspect of self-esteem rather than a form of psychopathology,
drawing specifically on Kohut’s expansion of the concept of
narcissism as a normal feature of personality development. Using
the South African state as a case study, Naude demonstrates the
various ways in which the state presents itself to the outside
world on the one hand, and how it wishes to see itself on the
other. She further considers how narcissistic defenses help protect
the state's ego from criticism and self-judgments. Revisiting State
Personhood and World Politics will help readers understand how the
state sees itself, why or when the state experiences shame,
humiliation, guilt or pride, and how it responds to these
self-conscious emotions. It will be a valuable resource to
researchers and students of International Relations.
General
| Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Psychoanalytic Political Theory |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| Authors: |
Bianca Naude
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Pages: |
188 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-210594-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-03-210594-1 |
| Barcode: |
9781032105949 |
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