Description
Over the past two decades, the study of emotions has emerged as a transformative frontier within International Relations (IR). The Oxford Handbook of Emotions in International Relations aims to capture and contextualize these developments, highlighting how the analysis of emotions has allowed for deeper understandings of international and global politics. The handbook provides a systematic overview, mapping an inherently multi-disciplinary field. Contributions to the volume reveal that emotions are implicated in a variety of processes and practices in IR-including diplomacy, security and conflict, global governance and law, and transnational politics.The chapters trace the evolution of emotion in IR from “first wave” research on emotions as irrational impulses disrupting decision-making at moments of crisis to “second wave” contributions seeking to investigate the manifold roles emotions play in shaping state behavior and global interactions in practice. The handbook showcases recent scholarship on the influence of emotions across many areas, including human rights and humanitarianism, peace negotiations, transitional justice, climate change, financial crises, political protest, populist movements, and immigration. Through these investigations, the volume offers innovative insights and opens up new questions for the field. Rather than merely asserting that emotions matter, the handbook demonstrates how an analytical focus on emotions can challenge assumptions about rationality and reveal deeper complexities in world politics.
Table of Contents
Introduction1. The Emotional Turn in International RelationsSimon KoschutPART I: Theoretical debates 2. Emotions and Response in a Contingent WorldJanice Gross Stein 3. Collective Emotions Beyond the State in Global PoliticsTy Solomon 4. Emotions as Tools for ActionEric Van Rythoven 5. Empathy and the Politicization of EmotionsNaomi Head 6. Ethical Anxiety in Global PoliticsBrent J. SteelePART II: Actors 7. Leader Convergence and the Emotional Dynamics of Nuclear CrisesMarcus Holmes and Nicholas Wheeler 8. States-As-Groups and State EmotionsBrent E. Sasley 9. Emotions and Expert Authority in Global GovernanceAmoz JY Hor and Jittip Mongkolnchaiarunya 10. Excavating the Emotional Nongovernmental OrganizationDeepa Prakash 11. Emotions in Terrorism and Political ViolenceStéphane J. Baele and Jérémy Dieudonné 12. The Technological Mediation of Emotions in World PoliticsDaniel Møller ØlgaardPART III: Challenges 13. Emotional Governance and Authoritarian PopulismCatarina Kinnvall 14. Resentment and GrievanceJelena Subotic 15. The Role of Emotions in Foreign Policy Decision-MakingPayam Ghalehdar 16. Emotions and Interpersonal DiplomacySeanon S. Wong 17. Emotional Energy in Conflict, Repression, and ViolenceIsabel Bramsen 18. Emotions and Solidarity in the Global SouthLina Benabdallah 19. Nuclear Weapons and EmotionMichelle Bentley 20. The Emotions in Transitional JusticeRenée Jeffery 21. Emotions and Economic CrisesWesley W. Widmaier 22. Promises and Limits of Empathy for Global CooperationA. Burcu Bayram 23. Climate EmotionsLeonie Holthaus 24. Emotions in Migration StudiesMichelle PacePART IV: Concepts 25. Emotions and Ontological Security Bahar Rumelili and Batur Ozan Togay 26. Power and Emotion in International Relations Todd H. Hall 27. The Emotional Politics of Status (Mis-)recognition Élise Rousseau 28. Affect Theory and Global Racial Violence Alexander Barder 29. Engaging with Emotions in International Law Anne Saab 30. Feminism, Embodiment, and the Politics of Emotions Linda Åhäll 31. Emotions and the Visual Representation of Human Suffering Jessica Auchter 32. Entangled Emotions and Quantum Social Theory K. M. Fierke 33. Emotions, Colonial Trauma, and Brazil's Desire for International Validation Erica Resende and Paula Sandrin PART V: Implications 34. Thinking-Feeling-Doing International Relations Research Laura J. Shepherd and Laura Sjoberg 35. Emotional Futures and the Future of Emotions in International Relations Andrew A. G. Ross
