International Politics and Inner Worlds : Masks of Reason under Scrutiny /: Masks of Reason under Scrutiny. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kurt Jacobsen.
• Authors: Jacobsen, Kurt, 1949-
• 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. Introduction: Politics All the Way Down; Rationality and Resistance; The Chapters; Perestroika and American Political Science; The Perestroikan Challenge; How to Look like a Science; Conclusion; Dueling Constructivisms: A Post-Mortem on the Ideas Debate in Mainstream IR; Rationality and Contexts; Psychology, Science and 'Silences'; Reconnoitering the Ideas Debate; Going Conventional: A Critique; On Theories of Contexts; Conclusion; Why Do States (Bother to) Deceive? Managing Trust at Home and Abroad; Defining Deceit; The Utility of Deceit; Realpolitik, and How it Plays in Peoria. Appeasement and Unpreparedness ReconsideredCredibility and Dissent; Vietnam and the 'Bounds of Reasonable Dishonesty'; Iran-Contra; Post-911; Conclusion; COIN Flips: Counterinsurgency Theory and American IR; Research Parameters; Vietnam as 'Ironic Victory'; Military and Intellectual Pacifiers; Summers' Discontent, Colby's Complaint; Reasons Why; After Tet; The Home Front; Conclusion; Addendum: Counterinsurgency Chic; Why Freud Matters: Psychoanalysis and IR Revisited; Psychoanalytic Triggers; Freud and the Three Images; Self and Society; Psychoanalysis and the 'Problem' of the External. Stimulus and Conditional ResponsePsychiatrists, Theologians and Constructivists; Psyche, Self-interest and Warfare; Two, Three, Many Vietnam Syndromes; 911 and the Mismanagement of Fear; Conclusion; Addendum: Eli Zaretsky's Freud; The Mystique of Genetic Correctness; Raw Eugenics; Tainted Breeds, Tainted Deeds; Degeneration and Its Discontents; Home of the Free and 'Life Unworthy of Life'; What New World?; Loose Ends: Considerations on the Aftermaths of the Celtic Tiger and the Northern 'Troubles'; Conclusion; Conclusion: Algren, Academe and Conformity; Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (231 pages)
• Subjects: 327; International relations; International relations -- Psychological aspects; Rationalism; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- World -- General; International relations; International relations -- Psychological aspects; Rationalism; Political Science and International Relations; Political Theory; International Relations Theory; Political Economy; Psychoanalysis; US Politics; Comparative Politics; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319543529; 3319543520; 3319543512; 9783319543512
• Related ISBNs: 9783319543512; 3319543512
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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