Writing Security : United States Foreign Policy and the Politics of Identity

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States has faced the challenge of reorienting its foreign policy to address post-Cold War conditions. In this new edition of a groundbreaking work -- one of the first to bring critical theory into dialogue with more traditional approaches to international relations -- David Campbell provides a fundamental reappraisal of American foreign policy, with a new epilogue to address current world affairs and the burgeoning focus on culture and identity in the study of international relations. Extending recent debates in international relations, Campbell shows how perceptions of danger and difference work to establish the identity of the United States. He demonstrates how foreign policy, far from being an expression of a given society, constitutes state identity through the interpretation of danger posed by others. Contents Preface A Note about the Revised Edition Introduction: On Dangers and Their Interpretation 1. Provocations of Our Time 2. Rethinking Foreign Policy 3. Foreign Policy and Identity 4. Foreign Policy and Difference 5. Imagining America 6. Writing Security 7. Rewriting Security 8. The Politics of Theorizing Identity Epilogue: The Disciplinary Politics of Theorizing Identity Notes Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y Z Introduction : On Dangers And Their Interpretation -- Provocations Of Our Time -- Rethinking Foreign Policy -- Foreign Policy And Difference -- Imagining America -- Writing Security -- Rewriting Security -- The Politics Of Theorizing Identity -- Epilogue : The Disciplinary Politics Of Theorizing Identity. David Campbell. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 229-283) And Index.