Agentic misrecognition in world politics

IF 1.8 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Global Discourse Pub Date : 2024-01-02 DOI:10.1332/20437897y2023d000000028

S. Brincat, Thomas Lindemann

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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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世界政治中的代理人误认

哲学、政治理论、社会学以及最近的国际关系学（IR）从不同角度分析了 "错误承认 "现象。在国际关系学中，（误）承认主要被理解为对地位的否定（即对国家法律承认的否定）、对荣誉的夸大（包括积极的自我形象、过去的神话叙事、大国预测等），或者是对身份、个性和自由所必需的重要条件的否定。关于国际关系中的包容/排斥问题或局内/局外问题，已经有许多理论研究，各种实证研究也表明，错误的认识会助长国际冲突、国际不平等、（新）殖民主义、男性统治，并限制决策的整体合理性。然而，人们普遍忽视的是代理问题，即 "谁 "在寻求和/或有权成为承认的客体和主体，以及这种排斥和相关病症是如何由各种形式的错误承认造成的。这本《世界政治中的代理性误认》介绍了一些与国际关系中的（误）承认和代理问题相关的问题、被排斥承认的模式，以及与这些（误）承认过程相关的规范条件。最后，对本卷的研究文章和论坛文章进行了总结。

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Global Discourse Social Sciences-Political Science and International Relations

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期刊介绍： Global Discourse is an interdisciplinary, problem-oriented journal of applied contemporary thought operating at the intersection of politics, international relations, sociology and social policy. The journal’s scope is broad, encouraging interrogation of current affairs with regard to core questions of distributive justice, wellbeing, cultural diversity, autonomy, sovereignty, security and recognition. All issues are themed and aimed at addressing pressing issues as they emerge.