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Book Title: After Defeat: How the East Learned to Live with the West (Cambridge Studies in International Relations) Book Author: Ayse Zarakol (Author) Series: Cambridge Studies in International Relations (Book 118) Hardcover: 312 pages Publisher: Cambridge University Press (February 14, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0521191823 ISBN-13: 978-0521191821 Book Description Publication Date: February 14, 2011 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.  Review "After Defeat explains that-in the wake of massive, historic international defeat-Turkey, Japan and Russia adopted foreign policies to respond to the idea that they were somehow inadequate and less than the West. After Defeat hits high notes with its unusual comparisons, elegant analysis and trenchant rethinking of international relations approaches. As such, After Defeat will appeal to foreign policy generalists, policymakers, international relations scholars as well as sociologists and political theorists." - George Gavrilis, The Hollings Center Book Description II Turkey, Japan and Russia were all once competitors of the West, but have had to adapt to Western norms following defeats at the hands of the West. This book examines how a sense of stigma has shaped the foreign policies of states torn between the East and the West. About the Author Ayşe Zarakol is an Assistant Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University. She teaches courses on global politics, international security and political theory, and her research focuses on the social evolution of the international system and the integration of regions outside of the West into the modern international order. Sharing Widget |