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2nd ed.

London : Routledge, 2005

xxii,199 s. : il.

ISBN 0-415-34208-2

ISBN 978-0-415-34208-7 (brož.)

Popsáno podle dotisku 2. vyd. vydaného roku 2006

Obsahuje černobílé fotografie, ilustrace, bibliografické odkazy, předmluvy, rejstřík, údaje o autorce

Bibliografie na s. 189-194

Vztahy mezinárodní - teorie - studie

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// Contents // // LIST OF PLATES x // LIST OF FIGURES xi // LIST OF TABLES xii // LIST OF BOXES xiv // PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION XV // PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION xvii // 1 Introduction: culture, ideology, and the myth function // in IR theory 1 // Culture 3 // Ideology 4 // The myth function in IR theory 6 // Why myths? 7 // Plan of the book 8 // Suggestions for further thinking 10 // Topici Mythology as methodology 10 // Topic 2 Culture, form, and IR theory 11 // 2 Realism: is international anarchy the permissive // cause of war? [Lord of the Flies) 13 // What does the myth say? 17 // Lord of the Flies 23 // v i I // // CONTENTS // The function of fear in Waltz’s anarchy myth 31 // Suggestions for further thinking 33 // Topic 1 (Neo)realism 33 // Topic 2 The uses of fear in IR theory 34 // Note on the US film of Lord of the Flies 34 // 3 Idealism: is there an international society? // [Independence Day) 37 // What does the myth say? 40 // Independence Day 46 // Fear and leadership in Independence Day 52 // Suggestions for further thinking 56 // Topic 1 Cooperation under anarchy 56 // Topic 2 Morality and ethics in IR 57 // Media note 57 // Classroom activity 57 // 4 Constructivism: is anarchy what states make of it? // [Wag the Dog) 59 // What does the myth say? 51 // Wag the Dog 58 // Practice, seduction, and dead authorship 74 // Suggestions for further thinking 77 // Topic 1 Constructivism 77 // Topic 2 Postmodernism 78 // 5 Gender: is gender a variable? [Fatal Attraction)

81 // What does the myth say? 84 // Fatal Attraction 90 // Placing feminism in IR 96 // Suggestions for further thinking 100 // Topic 1 Feminism 100 // Topic 2 Masculinity 101 // 6 Globalization: are we at the end of history? // [The Truman Show) 103 // What does the myth say? ?7 // The Truman Show 113 // Liberalism’s internal contradiction, or is the end ever really the end? 119 // v i i i // CONTENTS // Suggestions for further thinking 121 // Topic 1 Globalization 121 // Topic 2 The uses of history 122 // 7 (Neo)Marxism: is Empire the new world order? // (Memento) 123 // What does the myth say? 127 // Memento 134 // Truth, ontology, and desire 143 // Suggestions for further thinking 148 // Topic 1 Imperial IR 148 // Topic 2 Memory in IR 149 // 8 Modernization and development theory: is there a // clash of civilizations? (East is East) 151 // What does the myth say? 157 // East is East 163 // Identity, desire, and culture 172 // Suggestions for further thinking 174 // Topic 1 Critiques of modernization and development theory 174 // Topic 2 Critiques of identity 175 // Postscript 175 // 9 Conclusion: what does it all mean? 177 // How IR theory makes sense of the world 178 // Making sense of IR theory 182 // The politics of the popular 185 // Where does all of this leave us? 187 // BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 89 // INDEX 195