International politics and inner worlds : masks of reason under scrutiny / Kurt Jacobsen.

Author
Jacobsen, Kurt, 1949- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
  • ©2017
Description
231 pages ; 22 cm.

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    Critical political theory and radical practice [More in this series]
    Summary note
    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.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Politics all the way down
    • Perestroika and American political science
    • Dueling constructivisms : a post-mortem on the ideas debate in mainstream IR
    • Why do states (bother to) deceive? : managing trust at home and abroad
    • COIN flips : counterinsurgency theory and American IR
    • Why Freud matters : psychoanalysis and IR revisited
    • The mystique of genetic correctness
    • Loose ends : considerations on the aftermaths of the Celtic Tiger and the Northern "Troubles"
    • Algren, academe and conformity.
    ISBN
    • 9783319543512
    • 3319543512
    LCCN
    2017938154
    OCLC
    971521185
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