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Humiliation in International Relations: A Pathology of Contemporary International Systems

Humiliation in International Relations: A Pathology of Contemporary International Systems

Author: Bertrand Badie
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509934669

Published In: November 2019
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781782256199

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In international relations (IR), some states often deny the legal status of others, stigmatising their practices or even their culture. Such acts of deliberate humiliation at the diplomatic level are common occurrences in modern diplomacy. In the period following the breakup of the famous 'Concert of Europe', many kinds of club-based diplomacy have been tried, all falling short of anything like inclusive multilateralism. Examples of this effort include the G7, G8, G20 and even the P5. Such 'contact groups' are put forward as if they were actual ruling institutions, endowed with the power to exclude and marginalise.; Today, the effect of such acts of humiliation is to reveal the international system's limits and its lack of diplomatic effectiveness. The use of humiliation as a regular diplomatic action steadily erodes the power of the international system. These actions appear to be the result of a botched mixture of a colonial past, a failed decolonisation, a mistaken vision of globalisation and a very dangerous post-bipolar reconstruction.; Although this book primarily takes a social psychology approach to IR, it also mobilizes the resources of the French sociological tradition, mainly inspired by Emile Durkheim. It is translated from Le temps des humiliés: Pathologie des relations internationales (Paris, Odile Jacob, 2014).

Part One: Humiliation in the History of International Relations: The Discovery of a New Form of Social Pathology

1. Pitfalls of the Ordinary Lives of People

Tectonics of Societies

Lack of Integration

The Uncertainties of Status

The End of the Cold War and Beyond

2. Humiliation, or Power without Rules

Power Against Humiliation

How Power Goes Wrong

3. Types of Humiliation and their Diplomacies

Constructing a Typology

Type 1: Humiliation by Lowering of Status