| Description |
1 online resource (138 pages) |
| Contents |
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Theoretical Framework. Definition of theory ; Constructivism ; The state ; Bringing the state back in ; The state as person ; The study of emotions in IR ; Identity theory ; Memory ; Social and cognitive psychology ; Representativeness ; Availability ; Fear ; Note -- Chapter 2. Methodological Strategy. Research background ; Why Israel as a case study? ; A single state as proof of theory ; The goal ; Content analysis ; Psychobiography ; The foreign policy elite in Israel ; The "Ben-Gurion Complex" ; Public opinion ; Intelligence agencies ; Total neutrality and objectivity ; Terminology ; Note -- Chapter 3. Jewish Identity Constructions in Israel. Jewish history ; Masada : Myth and complex ; The Diaspora experience ; "To dream about the Holocaust" and the impact of memory ; The religion of Judaism ; God in Judaism ; Messianic redemption as a case of megalomania ; The religion of security ; "Either friendship or death" : The concept of friendship in IR and Israel among the nations ; An Israeli school of IR ; The concept of friendship ; The concept of friendship in IR ; A concept of family relationships in IR and US-Israeli relations ; "Life itself is their problem" : The concept of trust ; Notes -- Chapter 4. Israeli Foreign Policy. The centrality of the state in policy regarding the welfare of contemporary Diaspora Jews ; A unique attitudinal prism ; Israel in the Middle East ; The left-right continuum and the salience of Jewish identity constructions ; Begin, Rabin, and Netanyahu : Three cases of leadership ; Public diplomacy ; The national anthem ; "Oom-shmoom" : Israel's attitude toward the UN ; Israel and the EU ; Notes -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
| Summary |
"This book develops “emotional state theory” as a new contribution to international relations theory (IR). The text addresses the State of Israel vis-à-vis the rest of the world. The rationale for this research perspective stems from the trajectory of Israeli state-building since its foundation in May 1948 to the present date. This trajectory is constructed reflecting the trauma of the past and dreams about the future. Both contribute decisively to a better understanding of the current image and position of the state of Israel. The reference builds on two great Jewish thinkers’ works, Theodor Herzl and his book The Jewish State and Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams. The author argues that despite the fact that both never met, taken together their ideas lend themselves to shed light on and offer an explanation for Israel’s troubled and uncertain position in current international relations. The resulting question underlying this work on the emotionality of states and its impact on international relations is therefore “whether Israel is still in a process of dreaming” and whether it is therefore to be understood a “state which has not yet woken from the trauma of the Jewish past. Not a dream’s fulfillment of an end of the Diaspora, but a nightmare based on this experience.” Drawing on these two parallel and rather influential texts, Schilling rephrases the leading questions of this book as this : “Has Israel developed an understanding of itself which sees the country as a modern state among the nations, which is dealing with its neighbors, or rather, does Israel understand itself more as being like a ghetto that is still surrounded by a hostile world? Has Israel become a strong, self-confident country, or has it continued with the nervousness of the Diaspora Jews to become a state with an emotional problem?”."--taken from publisher web site |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-124) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from pdf information screen (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed February 23, 2023) |
| Subject |
International relations -- Psychological aspects.
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State, The -- Psychological aspects
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Diplomatic relations -- Philosophy.
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International relations -- Psychological aspects.
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State, The -- Psychological aspects.
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| SUBJECT |
Israel -- Foreign relations -- Philosophy
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Israel.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021677707 |
| ISBN |
9781498505857 |
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1498505856 |
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