1st Edition

International Relations and Identity A Dialogical Approach

By Xavier Guillaume Copyright 2011
192 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

International Relations and Identity examines the issue of collective political identity formation and expands the concept of the international beyond the notion of states. Providing a dialogical approach to questions of identity and alterity in International Relations, the author considers how identity is formed, maintained and transformed in continuous processes with alterity. This... Read more

1. Introduction 2. Toward Process IR: Identity/Alterity and IR Theory  3. A Dialogical Approach to the International  4. From Orthodoxy to Normalcy: Narrative Matrices in Modern Japan  5. Between Homogeneity and Heterogeneity: Politics of Alterity in Modern Japan  6. Conclusion: Unveiling the International

Biography

Xavier Guillaume is Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. His research interests include the political and social theory of international relations, the question of alterity and identity, critical security studies and citizenship.