Emotional Motives in International Relations: Rage, Rancour and Revenge

ISBN-13: 9780815386674 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 166 str.

Rupert Brodersen

Opis

The study of emotions in International Relations is gaining wide-spread attention. This book explores the emotion of rage through an innovative approach that seeks to split rage into its violent manifestation of aggression and revolt, and into a less visible, passive manifestation of brooding resentment.

Spis treści

Introduction, Chapter 1 - Experiencing Negative Emotions: Moral Attitude Anger vs. Objective Attitude Rage, Chapter 2 - Rage in Myth and Metaphor, Chapter 3 - Moralizing Rage: Mandates in Group Violence, Chapter 4 - Rage of the Powerless: Ressentiment as "Silent Punishment", Chapter 5 - An Existentialist Reading of Revenge, Chapter 6 - A Carthaginian Peace: The early American occupation of West Germany, 1945-1947, Conclusion

O autorze

Rupert Brodersen received his PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics.