After defeat : how the East learned to live with the West / Ayşe Zarakol.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zarakol, Ayşe, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 118.

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 118

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations--Social aspects.

International relations.

Inferiority complex--Social aspects.

Inferiority complex.

Defeat (Psychology).

Collective memory.

Military history, Modern--20th century.

Military history, Modern.

Turkey--Foreign relations--1918-1960.

Turkey.

Japan--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

Japan.

Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations.

Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 291 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Not being of the West; being behind the West; not being modern enough; not being developed or industrialized, secular, civilized, Christian, transparent, or democratic - these descriptions have all served to stigmatize certain states through history. Drawing on constructivism as well as the insights of social theorists and philosophers, After Defeat demonstrates that stigmatization in international relations can lead to a sense of national shame, as well as auto-Orientalism and inferior status. Ayşe Zarakol argues that stigmatized states become extra-sensitive to concerns about status, and shape their foreign policy accordingly. The theoretical argument is supported by a detailed historical overview of central examples of the established/outsider dichotomy throughout the evolution of the modern states system, and in-depth studies of Turkey after the First World War, Japan after the Second World War, and Russia after the Cold War.

Contents:

Part I. Of Gates and Keepers in the International System: 1. Outsiders and insiders in the international system; 2. States as outsiders

Part II. An Imperial Message: 3. The 'barbarians': Turkey (1918-1939); 4. The 'children': Japan (1945-1974); 5. The 'enigmatic': Russia (1990-2007); 6. Conclusion: zealots or herodians?

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-21392-4

0-511-85288-6

1-282-93172-5

9786612931727

0-511-93170-0

0-511-93036-4

0-511-92785-1

0-511-93305-3

0-511-92142-X

0-511-92531-X

OCLC:

693761281