Overview
- Reintroduces neglected psychoanalytic insights into International Relations
- Demonstrates vibrant critical theory alternatives to formal models
- Challenges mainstream shibboleths and academic groupthink in political science
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice (CPTRP)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Reviews
“Through an eclectic set of case studies and a wide array of literature—and always written with elan—Kurt Jacobsen offers a sophisticated unmasking of the “masks of reason” in various areas of international politics. Positivist methods, constructivism, realism, counterinsurgency theory, and neoliberal economics pass under his critical eye, provoking readers to think on every pa
ge.” (Ken Booth, President of the David Davies Memorial Institute of International Affairs, Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, UK, and Editor of International Relations)
“Masks of Reason develops a rewarding methodologically pluralist overview of contemporary mainstream international relations scholarship, which turns to Mannheim, Freud, and the Frankfurt School to articulate a nuanced critique of the delusions and dysfunctionalities at the heart of “disciplinary IR.” From the failings of constructivist and rational decision-making analysis to the flaws in counterinsurgency doctrine and neoliberal development, Jacobsen's relationalist criticism unmasks why the orthodoxies of professional correctness must be left behind by international relations scholars to deal with today's domestic challenges and foreign threats.” (Timothy W. Luke, University Distinguished Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, USA)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Kurt Jacobsen is a journalist, award-winning filmmaker, and an Associate (formerly Research Associate and Lecturer) in the Program for International Politics, Economics and Security (PIPES) at the University of Chicago. He also has taught at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, Rutgers University, Imperial College London and has been a Visiting Scholar at the London School of Economics on many occasions. He is the author or editor of ten books.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: International Politics and Inner Worlds
Book Subtitle: Masks of Reason under Scrutiny
Authors: Kurt Jacobsen
Series Title: Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54352-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85376-5Published: 01 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-54352-9Published: 28 June 2017
Series ISSN: 2731-6580
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6599
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 231
Topics: Political Theory, International Relations Theory, International Political Economy, Psychoanalysis, US Politics, Comparative Politics