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How are the Germans coming to terms with reunification? Four issues
are at the heart of this process and form the basis of this study.
First, the question of the new German identity second, the role of
nationalism in the new republic third, the role of inherited
ideologies and finally, the role of Germany in Europe and the wider
world. These issues are examined in terms of transformations in the
political culture in eastern Germany, metamorphoses in the
political ideology and philosophy of the former West Germany and
relations with the political discourse of the West in general.
The agent-structure problem is a much discussed issue in the field
of international relations. In his comprehensive 2006 analysis of
this problem, Colin Wight deconstructs the accounts of structure
and agency embedded within differing IR theories and, on the basis
of this analysis, explores the implications of ontology - the
metaphysical study of existence and reality. Wight argues that
there are many gaps in IR theory that can only be understood by
focusing on the ontological differences that construct the
theoretical landscape. By integrating the treatment of the
agent-structure problem in IR theory with that in social theory,
Wight makes a positive contribution to the problem as an issue of
concern to the wider human sciences. At the most fundamental level
politics is concerned with competing visions of how the world is
and how it should be, thus politics is ontology.
The agent-structure problem is a much discussed issue in the field
of international relations. In his comprehensive 2006 analysis of
this problem, Colin Wight deconstructs the accounts of structure
and agency embedded within differing IR theories and, on the basis
of this analysis, explores the implications of ontology - the
metaphysical study of existence and reality. Wight argues that
there are many gaps in IR theory that can only be understood by
focusing on the ontological differences that construct the
theoretical landscape. By integrating the treatment of the
agent-structure problem in IR theory with that in social theory,
Wight makes a positive contribution to the problem as an issue of
concern to the wider human sciences. At the most fundamental level
politics is concerned with competing visions of how the world is
and how it should be, thus politics is ontology.
A major new text on terrorism in the contemporary world. Terrorism,
Colin Wight argues, is not only a form of political violence but
also a form of political communication and can only be understood -
and countered effectively - in the context of its relationship to
the state.
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