Overview
- Develops the concept of narrative tradition to study how epistemic communities carry beliefs across generations
- Shows how different narrative traditions shape representations of Turkey, the West, and the relationship between them
- Studies how stigmatization, moralization, securitization, and personalization of essence affect representation practices
Part of the book series: The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication (PIPC)
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This book introduces the concept of narrative tradition to study representation in international politics. Focusing specifically on the case of Turkey, the book shows how narrative traditions are constructed, maintained, and passed on by a loose epistemic community that involves practitioners and experts including scholars, journalists, diplomats, and political representatives. Employing an interpretative approach, the book distinguishes between four narrative traditions in the study of Turkey: Turkey as a state that is (1) getting lost, (2) standing at a decisive crossroad, (3) led by strongmen, and (4) struggling with a creeping Islamisation.These narrative traditions carry enduring beliefs that not only describe, moralise, judge, and stigmatise Turkey, but also contribute to the idea of the West. The book focuses on knowledge that is produced from a Western perspective, showing that Turkey provides a channel through which the Western self can be debated, challenged, celebrated, and judged.
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Book Title: Narrative Traditions in International Politics
Book Subtitle: Representing Turkey
Authors: Johanna Vuorelma
Series Title: The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85588-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-85587-1Published: 12 December 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-85590-1Published: 13 December 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-85588-8Published: 10 December 2021
Series ISSN: 2945-6118
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6126
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 203
Topics: Foreign Policy, Political Communication, European Politics, Journalism, Social Sciences, general