Causes of War: The Struggle for Recognition (Ecpr Press Monographs) - Softcover

Lindemann, Thomas; Thomas, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1907301011 ISBN 13: 9781907301018

Verlag: ECPR Press, 2010

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Theories on the origins of war are often based on the premise that the rational actor is in pursuit of material satisfaction, such as the quest for power or for wealth. These perspectives disregard the need for homo symbolicus - the preservation of a positive self-image for both emotional and instrumental reasons. A good reputation ensures authority and material resources. Non-recognition can be as much as an explanation of war as that of other explicative ’variables’. Two empirical studies examining the role of non-recognition in great power conflicts and in international crises will demonstrate the value of this symbolic approach.

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Thomas Lindemann is Professor of Political Science at Artois University (CERAPS Lille 2) and is visiting professor at Paris I-Sorbonne and Sciences Po Paris. He has recently published Penser la guerre. L'apport constructiviste (L'Harmattan 2008) and La guerre (Armand Colin 2010) and The International Politics of Recognition (edited with Erik Ringmar for Paradigm, 2011).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: ECPR Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1907301011
• ISBN 13: 9781907301018
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176
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