Vicarious identity in international relations : self, security, and status on the global stage / Christopher S. Browning, Pertti Joenniemi, and Brent J. Steele.
Contributor(s): Joenniemi, Pertti [author.]
| Steele, Brent J [author.].Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021Description: 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197526415 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Alliances | National interestAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197526385DDC classification: 327.101 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
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.
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