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After defeat : how the East learned to live with the West / Ayşe Zarakol.

Author/creator Zarakol, Ayşe
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Descriptionxii, 291 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Cover image
Subject(s)
Series Cambridge studies in international relations ; 118
Cambridge studies in international relations ; 118. ^A235606
Contents Part I. Of Gates and Keepers in the International System: 1. Outsiders and insiders in the international system; 2. States as outsiders -- Part II. An Imperial Message: 3. The 'barbarians': Turkey (1918-1939); 4. The 'children': Japan (1945-1974); 5. The 'enigmatic': Russia (1990-2007); 6. Conclusion: zealots or herodians?.
Abstract "Not being of the West; being behind the West; not being modern enough; not being developed or industrialized, secular, civilized, Christian, transparent, or democratic - these descriptions have all served to stigmatize certain states through history. Drawing on constructivism as well as the insights of social theorists and philosophers, After Defeat demonstrates that stigmatization in international relations can lead to a sense of national shame, as well as auto-Orientalism and inferior status. Ayşe Zarakol argues that stigmatized states become extra-sensitive to concerns about status, and shape their foreign policy accordingly. The theoretical argument is supported by a detailed historical overview of central examples of the established/outsider dichotomy throughout the evolution of the modern states system, and in-depth studies of Turkey after the First World War, Japan after the Second World War, and Russia after the Cold War"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010037098
ISBN9780521145565 (pbk.)
ISBN0521145562 (pbk.)
ISBN9780521191821 (hardback)
ISBN0521191823 (hardback)

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