Vicarious identity in international relations : self, security, and status on the global stage /
Browning, Christopher S., 1974-
Vicarious identity in international relations : self, security, and status on the global stage / Christopher S. Browning, Pertti Joenniemi, and Brent J. Steele. - 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This text theorizes & problematizes the politics of vicarious identity in international relations, where vicarious identity refers to processes of 'living through the other.' While prevalent & recognized in family & social settings, the prescence & significance of vicarious identification in international relations has been overlooked. Vicarious identification offers the prospect of bolstering narratives of self-identity & appropriating a sense of reflected glory & enhanced self-esteem, but insofar as it may mask & be a response to emergent anxieties, inadequacies, & weaknesses it also entails vulnerabilities. The work explores both its attraction & potential pitfalls, theorizing these in the context of emerging literatures on ontological security, status, & self-esteem, highlighting both its constitutive practices & normative limits.
Specialized.
9780197526415 (ebook) : No price
Alliances.
National interest.
JZ1314 / .B76 2021
327.101
Vicarious identity in international relations : self, security, and status on the global stage / Christopher S. Browning, Pertti Joenniemi, and Brent J. Steele. - 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This text theorizes & problematizes the politics of vicarious identity in international relations, where vicarious identity refers to processes of 'living through the other.' While prevalent & recognized in family & social settings, the prescence & significance of vicarious identification in international relations has been overlooked. Vicarious identification offers the prospect of bolstering narratives of self-identity & appropriating a sense of reflected glory & enhanced self-esteem, but insofar as it may mask & be a response to emergent anxieties, inadequacies, & weaknesses it also entails vulnerabilities. The work explores both its attraction & potential pitfalls, theorizing these in the context of emerging literatures on ontological security, status, & self-esteem, highlighting both its constitutive practices & normative limits.
Specialized.
9780197526415 (ebook) : No price
Alliances.
National interest.
JZ1314 / .B76 2021
327.101