Introduction: Emotions and world politics
Introduction: Emotions and world politics
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简介：情绪与世界政治
作者：
Roland Bleiker;Emma Hutchison
情绪在世界政治中发挥着核心作用，但迄今为止，国际关系学者对其理论研究不足。这种忽视至少可以部分归因于一些根深蒂固的现代假设，这些假设将情感概念化，而不是理性。即使是长期以情感为中心的理论，如现实主义和自由主义，传统上也避免明确地将情感理论化。学者们要么认为情绪是理所当然的——将其视为决策者在理性思考时考虑的外部因素——要么认为情绪难以捉摸，无法进行严格的理论和实证研究。近年来，许多学者接受了这些挑战，以至于对情绪的研究已经成为国际关系中一个快速发展的研究领域。然而，现有的调查及其对国际关系理论化的贡献仍然不同。很少有（如果有的话）书籍或期刊专刊直面情感问题，并系统地考察其与政治探究的相关性。本论坛部分的主要目的是填补这一空白。我们汇集了一系列不同的学者来反思理论辩论的现状，并为全球政治生活的情感维度的理论化绘制出未来的轨迹。本文介绍的文本是
Emotions play a central role in world politics, but so far remain undertheorized by international relations scholars. This neglect can be at least partially attributed to a number of deeply embedded modern assumptions that conceptualize emotions in opposition to reason. Even theories that have for long pivoted around emotions, such as realism and liberalism, have traditionally eschewed theorizing them explicitly. Scholars have either taken emotions for granted − viewing them as external factors that decision makers consider in their rational deliberations − or assumed that they are simply too elusive for rigorous theoretical and empirical investigations. Numerous scholars have taken up these challenges in recent years, so much so that the study of emotions has become a rapidly growing field of study in international relations. However, existing inquiries and their contribution to theorizing international relations remain disparate. There are few, if any, books or journal special issues that tackle the issue of emotion head on and systematically examine their relevance for political inquiry. The key purpose of this Forum Section is to fill this gap. We bring together a diverse set of scholars to reflect on the current state of theoretical debates and to map out future trajectories for theorizing the affective dimensions of global political life. The texts presented here are the result of