1st Edition
Diplomacy as a Social World Role Images and Diplomatic Memoirs
By Benedikt Franz
Copyright 2025
214 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
214 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book proposes a reconceptualization of diplomacy as a social world, which has implications for the study of diplomatic memoirs as speech acts and forms of communication in relation to role images of diplomats.
In contrast to the dominant paradigm of Bourdieu-inspired practice theory, which focuses on struggles for position and power, this book proposes to understand diplomacy as a social... Read more
1 Introduction 2 Diplomacy as a Social World 3 Roles, Diplomacy, and Practice 4 Reading Autobiographies and Memoirs 5 Framework of the Empirical Analysis 6 Reporting: Diplomats as Messengers 7 Storytelling: Diplomats as Travelers 8 Self-assertion: Diplomats as Representatives 9 Reflection: Diplomats as Reasonable Actors 10 Thanking: Diplomats as Relational Actors 11 The Diplomatic Memory Corps 12 Conclusion
Biography
Benedikt Franz has a PhD from Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.
