Myth and narrative in international politics : interpretive approaches to the study of IR /: interpretive approaches to the study of IR. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, editor.
• Editors: Bliesemann de Guevara, Berit
• Contents: Notes on Contributors.-Foreword: Myths < > Silences;Dvora Yanow.-Introduction: Myth and Narrative in International Politics;Berit Bliesemann de Guevara.-PART I – THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS.-1. Myth in International Politics: Ideological Delusion and Necessary Fiction;Berit Bliesemann de Guevara.-2. Beyond National Policy-Making: Conceptions of Myth in Interpretive Policy Analysis and Their Value for IR;Sybille Münch.-3. The Precipice of Myth: Mythology/Epistemology;Robert Cooke.-4. Bringing Claude Lévi-Strauss and Pierre Bourdieu Together for a Post-structuralist Methodology to Analyse Myths;Catherine Goetze.-5. How to Study Myths: Methodological Demands and Discoveries;Franziska Müller.-PART II – EMPIRICAL EXPLORATIONS.-6. Warlords and States: A Contemporary Myth of the International System;Catherine Goetze.- 7.Afghanistan and the 'Graveyard of Empires': Blumenberg, Under-complex Analogy and Basic Myths in International Politics;Florian P. Kühn.-8. Mutually Implicated Myths: The Democratic Control of the Armed Forces and Militarism;Katharine Millar.-9. Tales and Images of the Battlefield in Contemporary Warfare;Alastair Finlan.-10. The Powerful Myth of International Community and the Imperative to Build States;Katarzyna Kaczmarska.-11. Global Governance and the Myth of Civil Society Participation;Charlotte Dany and Katja Freistein.-12. Myths of the Near Future: Paris, Busan and Tales of Aid Effectiveness;Franziska Müller and Elena Sondermann.- 13. Organising Babylon: the Coordination of Intervention and the Denial of Politics;Stephan Hensell.-PART III – REFLECTIONS.-14. Mythography: No Exit, No Conclusion?;Michael Loriaux and Cecelia Lynch.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (313 pages)
• Subjects: 327.1019; Political science; International relations -- Psychological aspects; Political psychology; Myth; Politics and war; Peace; International organization; International relations -- Psychological aspects; Myth; Political psychology; Political Science -- Peace; Political Science -- International Relations -- General; Peace studies & conflict resolution; International institutions; Political Science -- Political Freedom & Security -- International Security; Warfare & defence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137537522
• Related ISBNs: 9781137537515
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