Journal article
Agentic misrecognition in world politics
Global Discourse, Vol.14(1), pp.2-19
2024
Abstract
The phenomenon of misrecognition has been analysed under various angles by philosophy, political theory, sociology and lately also by international relations (IR). In IR, (mis)recognition is mainly understood as either status denial (i.e. denial of legal state recognition), inflated honor pretentions (including positive self-images, mythical narratives of the past, Great Power projections and so on), or as a denial of vital conditions necessary for identity, individuality, and freedom. There has been much theoretical work on the problem of inclusion/exclusion or the insider/outsider problem in IR and various empirical studies have shown that misrecognition can contribute to international conflict, international inequalities, (neo)colonialism, masculine domination, and limit the overall rationality of decision-making. However, what has been generally overlooked is the question of agency, the ‘who’ that is seeking and/or entitled to be an object and subject of recognition and how such exclusions and related pathologies result from forms of misrecognition. This introduction to Agentic Misrecognition in World Politics engages with some of the problems related to the question of (mis)recognition and agency in IR, the patterns of excluded recognition, and the normative conditions that pertain to these processes of (mis)recognition. It closes with a summation of the research articles and forum contributions to this volume.
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- Title
- Agentic misrecognition in world politics
- Authors
- Shannon Brincat (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietyThomas Lindemann (Author) - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
- Publication details
- Global Discourse, Vol.14(1), pp.2-19
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- DOI
- 10.1332/20437897Y2023D000000028
- ISSN
- 2043-7897
- Organisation Unit
- Forest Research Institute; Tropical Forests & People Research Centre; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Centre; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99989898602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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