Discourse and Affect in Foreign Policy - Germany and the Iraq War (Hardcover)

Foreign and security policy have long been removed from the political pressures that influence other areas of policymaking. This has led to a tendency to separate the analytical levels of the individual and the collective. Using Lacanian theory, which views the subject as ontologically incomplete and desiring a perfect identity which is realised in fantasies, or narrative scenarios, this book shows that the making of foreign policy is a much more complex process. Emotions and affect play an important role, even where 'hard' security issues, such as the use of military force, are concerned. Eberle constructs a new theoretical framework for analysing foreign policy by capturing the interweaving of both discursive and affective aspects in policymaking. He uses this framework to explain Germany's often contradictory foreign policy towards the Iraq crisis of 2002/2003, and the emotional, even existential, public debate that accompanied it. This book adds to ongoing theoretical debates in International Political Sociology and Critical Security Studies and will be required reading for all scholars working in these areas.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	New International Relations
Release date:	May 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Jakub Eberle
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	144
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-59689-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Peace studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Armed conflict Promotions
LSN:	1-138-59689-2
Barcode:	9781138596894

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