Discourse and Affect in Foreign Policy

Name: Discourse and Affect in Foreign Policy
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Discourse and Affect in Foreign PolicyGermany and the Iraq War\nAuthor(s): Jakub Eberle\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032338422, 978-1032338422\nSynopsis\nForeign and security policy have long been removed from the political pressures that influence other areas of policymaking. This has led to a tendency to separate the analytical levels of the individual and the collective.\n\nUsing Lacanian theory, which views the subject as ontologically incomplete and desiring a perfect identity which is realised in fantasies, or narrative scenarios, this book shows that the making of foreign policy is a much more complex process. Emotions and affect play an important role, even where hard security issues, such as the use of military force, are concerned. Eberle constructs a new theoretical framework for analysing foreign policy by capturing the interweaving of both discursive and affective aspects in policymaking. He use.