A Cultural Theory of International Relations-轻识

In this volume, Richard Ned Lebow introduces his own constructivist theory of political order and international relations based on theories of motives and identity formation drawn from the ancient Greeks. His theory stresses the human need for self-esteem, and shows how it influences political behavior at every level of social aggregation. Lebow develops ideal-type worlds associated with four motives: appetite, spirit, reason and fear, and demonstrates how each generates a different logic concerning cooperation, conflict and risk-taking. Expanding and documenting the utility of his theory in a series of historical case studies, ranging from classical Greece to the war in Iraq, he presents a novel explanation for the rise of the state and the causes of war, and offers a reformulation of prospect theory. This is a novel theory of politics by one of the world's leading scholars of international relations.

理查德• 内德• 勒博，现任英国伦敦国王学院战争研究系国际政治理论教授，剑桥大学彭布罗克学院研究员，美国达特茅斯学院政府系詹姆斯•O. 弗里德曼首席教授（荣誉退休）。2014年，出版有《弗朗茨•斐迪南未死：没有第一次世界大战的世界》、《国际关系中的动因建构》，并与西蒙•赖克合著《告别霸权：全球体系中的权力与影响》。2015-2016年，他将要出版三本书：与皮尔•斯考滕和菅波英美合作编著《理论家的回归：与故去思想家的对话》，独著《国家认同与国际关系》、《马克斯•韦伯与国际关系》。

陈锴，经济学博士。现任厦门大学国际关系学院暨东南亚研究中心助理教授。主要研究国际安全与国际关系，出版专著Comparative Study of Child Soldiering on Myanmar-China Border: Evolutions, Challenges ...

陈锴，经济学博士。现任厦门大学国际关系学院暨东南亚研究中心助理教授。主要研究国际安全与国际关系，出版专著Comparative Study of Child Soldiering on Myanmar-China Border: Evolutions, Challenges and Countermeasures (Singapore and New York: Springer, 2014)。