1st Edition
International Relations Narratives Plotting World Politics
1 Introduction
2 Narrative explanation and basic plots
2.1 The importance of story-telling
2.2 Types of stories: tragedy, romance/epic, comedy and irony/satire
2.3 International relations plots
3 Previously charted IR grounds: dismal tragedies and exuberant romances
3.1 Realist Despair
3.1.1 Pedipus and King Lear
3.1.2 Classical realists: Hans Morgenthau and Politics among Nations
3.1.3 Offensive realism: John Mearsheimer and The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
3.2 Romantic Progress
3.2.1 Odyssey, St George and the Dragon and Sleeping Beauty L
3.2.2 Liberal visions: Hegelian end of history and Kantian peace
3.2.3 Marxist theories: Immanuel Wallerstein and World-Systems Analysis3.2.4 Peace research: Johan Galtung and Peace: Research, Education, Action
4 Unexplored IR terrains: hopeful comedies and cynical satires
4.1 Comedies of errors
4.1.1 Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Pride and Prejudice
4.1.2 Pacifism: Mahatma Gandhi and Hind Swaraj
4.1.3 Constructivism: Alexander Wendt and Social Theory of International Politics
4.1.4 Critical theory: Andrew Linklater and The Transformation of Political Community
4.2 Ironic and satiric scorn
4.2.1 Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Pride and Prejudice
4.2.2 Feminist critique: Cynthia Enloe and Bananas, Beaches and Bases P
4.2.3 Poststructuralism: David Campbell and Writing Security
4.2.4 Postcolonialism: Tarak Barkawi and Globalization and War
5 Conclusion
Biography
Riikka Kuusisto is Lecturer in World Politics at the University of Helsinki, Finland. She has published articles on themes including conflict rhetoric and foreign policy narratives in journals such as International Politics, Journal of Peace Research, European Journal of International Relations and Quarterly Journal of Speech.
