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ISBN 10: 0719095298

ISBN 13: 9780719095290

Author: Alexander Spencer

By developing a new analytical method of narrative discourse analysis, this study introduces new insights from literary studies and narratology into International Relations. This method examines the romantic narratives of pirates in Somalia, rebels in Libya and private military and security companies in Iraq and argues that these best resonate with an audience if they are able to connect to culturally embedded narratives found in literature, media and pop-culture. Dominant romantic narratives marginalise other, less flattering, stories about these actors, in which they are constituted as terrorists and held responsible for human rights violations. Focusing on the three narrative elements of setting, characterization and employment, the book argues that narratives are of fundamental importance for human cognition and identity construction. They help us understand the social and political world in which we live. The book emphasises the idea of intertextual narratability which holds that for narratives to become dominant they have to link themselves to previously existing stories.

Romantic Narratives in International Politics Pirates Rebels and Mercenaries 1st Table of contents:

1 Narrative analysis as an approach in IR

The concept of narrative and a story of its travel
Literary studies and narratology
Narrative psychology and cognitive narratology
Historical narratives
Narrative analysis and constructivism in IR
The construction of social reality and the notion of setting
The constitution of identity and characterization
The co-constitution of agent and structure and the role of emplotment
Practical application of narrative analysis
The consequences of and reasons for narratives
Narrative consequences and the question of causality
Reasons for narrative dominance and marginalization
Romantic narratives
Romantic settings
Romantic characterization
Romantic emplotment
Conclusion
Notes

2 German narratives of the pirate in Somalia

Romantic narratives of the pirate
Historical romantic stories of the pirate
The literary pirate
The popular pirate
German media narratives on piracy
Setting
Characterization
Emplotment
An alternative story: linking piracy and terrorism
Similarities between piracy and terrorism
Cooperation between pirates and terrorists
The use of pirate tactics by terrorists
Political piracy
The marginalization of the ‘terror-pirate’ story
Conclusion
Notes

3 British narratives of the rebel in Libya

Rebellion, revolution and romance
The romantic Arab rebel?
British media narratives on rebellion in Libya
Setting
Characterization
Emplotment
Romantic narratives on Libya among the political elite
Setting
Characterization
Emplotment
Alternative yet marginal stories of rebellion
The marginalization of crimes and human rights violations by rebels
The marginalization of a link between rebels and al-Qaeda
Conclusion
Notes

4 US narratives of private military and security companies in Iraq

Anti-mercenary narratives
A historical narrative dislike of mercenaries
Mercenaries in international law
Mercenaries in literature
US media narratives on PMSCs
Setting
Characterization
Emplotment
Marginalized romantic stories about PMSCs
A story about PMSCs as brave patriots
A story about PMSCs as noble humanitarians
The persistence of the mercenary link in the media, politics and pop culture
The mercenary narrative in the US media
The mercenary narrative in US political debate
The mercenary narrative in international law
The mercenary narrative in language and culture
Conclusion
Notes

Conclusion: the end

The story of the book
Marginalized and dominant narratives on romanticization
Narrator-based approaches
Story-based approaches
Audience-based approach
Beyond the romantic story: the tragedy of disaster
References

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