How do people make sense of distant but disturbing international events? Why are some representations more appealing than others? What do they mean for the perceiver’s own sense of self? Going beyond conventional analysis of political perception and imagining at the level of accuracy, this book reveals how self-conceptions are unconsciously, but centrally present in our judgments and representations of international crises.Combining international relations and psychosocial studies, Dmitry Chernobrov shows how the imagining of international politics is shaped by the need for positive and continuous societal self-concepts. The book captures evidence of self-affirming political imagining in how the general public in the West and in Russia understood the Arab uprisings (also known as the Arab Spring) and makes an argument both about and beyond this particular case. The book will appeal to those interested in international crises, political psychology, media and audiences, perception and political imagining, ontological security, identity and emotion, and collective memory.
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Copyright year
2019
ISBN-Print
978-1-5381-4955-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-78661-004-1
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
241
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Preface No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 10
1 Perception and Collective Identity No access
2 Anxiety of the Unknown and (Mis)Recognition No access
3 A Positive Self No access
4 Imagining Others as Different or Similar No access
5 Drawing from Memory No access
6 Public Perception of the Arab Uprisings No access
