Beware of organicism
The narrative self of the state
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9293259 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Iver B Neumann (0000-0002-1199-2813, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 259-267 |
| Publication date | 2004-03-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of International Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0260-2105 • E-ISSN: 1469-9044 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0260210504006059 |
| OpenAlex | W2161014055 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 32 |
Alexander Wendt holds that states are ‘purposive actors with a sense of Self’. He draws on hermeneutic scholarship from Paul Ricoeur (1991) to Erik Ringmar to argue that this self is a narrative structure
Epistemology · Linguistics · Narrative · Organicism · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · State (computer science · Cyprus History, Politics, Society · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy
International Security in Practice
Foundational Paradigms of Social Sciences
International relations and identity
Non-recognition in international relations
Security Communities in Crisis
Collective intentionality, complex pluralism and the problem of anarchy
Medico-political metaphors of counter-terrorism
Respect and disrespect in international politics
Feeling like a state
Are international organizations agents in their own right? A plural subject perspective
Member-dominated international organizations as actors
Competing Identities and Security Interests in the Indo–US Relationship
What kind of person is the state? The pilgrim as a processual metaphor beyond the Leviathan
The state as citizen
State personhood and ontological security as a framework of existence
Shame, ontological insecurity and intercountry adoption
State apologies, postcolonial resistance and ontological insecurity
Critical and Interpretivist Foreign Policy Analysis
States and ontological security
When international rituals go wrong
Grand Strategy, Strategic Culture, Practice
The sword is a mighty pen
Paradoxes of identity change
The real promise of federalism
Political Theology, Anthropomorphism, and Person-hood of the State
Remapping the Boundaries of `State' and `National Identity
Between ‘isses’ and ‘oughts
Artificial persons and attributed actions
Who speaks? Discourse, the subject and the study of identity in international politics
Representation, recognition and foreign policy in the Iran–US relationship
Cultural intimacy in International Relations
Territory, sovereignty and entitlement
| Unique citing works | 32 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,52 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 32 |