Romantic narratives in international politics: pirates, rebels and mercenaries
Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: once upon a time … -- Discourse analysis and the narrative turn -- Political elite, media narratives and the role of culture -- Structure of the book -- 1 Narrative analysis as an approach in IR -- The concept of narrative and a story of its travel -- Literary studies and narratology -- Narrative psychology and cognitive narratology -- Historical narratives -- Narrative analysis and constructivism in IR -- The construction of social reality and the notion of setting -- The constitution of identity and characterization -- The co-constitution of agent and structure and the role of emplotment -- Practical application of narrative analysis -- The consequences of and reasons for narratives -- Narrative consequences and the question of causality -- Reasons for narrative dominance and marginalization -- Romantic narratives -- Romantic settings -- Romantic characterization -- Romantic emplotment -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 2 German narratives of the pirate in Somalia -- Romantic narratives of the pirate -- Historical romantic stories of the pirate -- The literary pirate -- The popular pirate -- German media narratives on piracy -- Setting -- Characterization -- Emplotment -- An alternative story: linking piracy and terrorism -- Similarities between piracy and terrorism -- Cooperation between pirates and terrorists -- The use of pirate tactics by terrorists -- Political piracy -- The marginalization of the 'terror-pirate' story -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3 British narratives of the rebel in Libya -- Rebellion, revolution and romance -- The romantic Arab rebel? -- British media narratives on rebellion in Libya -- Setting -- Characterization -- Emplotment