Uses of the West

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-107-16849-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 610 g

The notion of 'the West' is commonly used in politics, the media, and in the academic world. To date, our idea of 'the West' has been largely assumed and effective, but has not been examined in detail from a theoretical perspective. Uses of 'the West' combines a range of original and topical approaches to evaluate what 'the West' really does, and how the idea is being used in everyday political practice. This book examines a range of uses of 'the West', and traces how 'the West' works in a broad array of conceptual and empirical contexts, ranging from the return of geopolitics - via a critical review of the debates surrounding Samuel Huntington's Clash of Civilization thesis - to the question of the future of 'the West'. Analysis extends further to the repercussions of the war on terror on Western democracy and the processes of delineating the Western from the non-Western, as well as observations of the institutional transformations of Western order.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hellmann, Gunther

Herborth, Benjamin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: uses of 'the West' Benjamin Herborth and Gunther Hellmann; Part I. Theorizing 'the West': 2. Foreign policy identity crises and the uses of 'the West' Stefano Guzzini; 3. 'The West' versus other Western 'we's': a discourse analysis in reverse Ole Wæver; 4. Between polarization and appeasement: democracy and its 'other' Harald Müller; 5. After 'the clash': uses of 'the West' after the Cold War Patrick Thaddeus Jackson; Part II. 'The West' in Use: 6. Aesthetics, power and insecurity: self-interrogative imaging in 'the West' Brent Steele; 7. Everyday exceptions: the paradox of a perpetual state of emergency Benjamin Herborth; 8. Reconstituting the North Atlantic Alliance: a reconstruction of NATO's strategic discourse since 1949 Gabi Schlag; 9. Transatlantic policies towards China and Russia: self-conceptions and contradictions of a universalizing West Christian Weber; 10. Russia becoming Russia: a semi-periphery in splendid isolation Ted Hopf; Part III. Transformations of the Western Institutional Order: 11. Defending 'the West'? The transformation of national security in the European Union Gunther Hellmann; 12. How the 'end of the Cold War' ended Matthew Evangelista; 13. Conclusion: the ways of 'the West' and the road ahead Lene Hansen.

Über Autor(innen)

Herborth, Benjamin
Benjamin Herborth is Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations and International Organization at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands. His recent work has appeared in the Journal of International Relations and Development, International Theory and the Review of International Studies.

Hellmann, Gunther
Gunther Hellmann is Professor of Political Science at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Am Main and Principal Investigator at the Cluster of Excellence on 'The Formation of Normative Orders'. His recent work has appeared in Foreign Policy Analysis, the Journal of International Relations and Development and the International Studies Review.