Pessimism in international relations : provocations, possibilities, politics /: provocations, possibilities, politics. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Tim Stevens and Nicholas Michelsen.
• Editors: Stevens, Tim, 1973-; Michelsen, Nicholas
• Contents: 1. Introduction: The Problems of PessimismTim Stevens and Nicholas Michelsen Part I: Histories of Pessimism 2. Pessimism in International RelationsRichard Ned Lebow 3. The Romance of Realism: Pessimism as TragedyRonnie Hjorth 4. Cassirer, Fatalism and Political Myth: Historical Lessons in the Consequences of Pessimism for International RelationsMark Bailey 5. Liberal Pessimism: An Intellectual History of Suspicion in the Cold WarDillon S. Tatum 6. Productive Pessimism: Rehabilitating John Herz's Survival Research for the AnthropoceneTim Stevens Part II: Pessimisms Today 7. The Global Politics of Ugly Feelings: Pessimism and Resentment in a Mimetic WorldElisabetta Brighi 8. Pessimism and the US Alt-Right: Knowledge, Power, Race and TimeNicholas Michelsen and Pablo de Orellana 9. The Pessimism of the Shipwreck: Theorising Migration in International RelationsMyriam Fotou 10. The Pessimism Traps of Indigenous ResurgenceSheryl R. Lightfoot 11. After Pessimism? Affirmative Approaches to the AnthropoceneDavid Chandler 12. Afterword: The New Pessimism in Twenty-First Century World PoliticsPhilip G. Cerny.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 327; International relations; Pessimism; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030217808; 3030217809
• Related ISBNs: 9783030217792
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 05, 2019).
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