01399 a2200253 4500 1594518106 20250317100404.0 250312042014GB eng 9781594518102 Taylor & Francis GBP 55.99 BB 01 eng JHB thema JHB bic SOC026000 bisac 327.101 bisac Thomas Lindemann International Politics of Recognition 1 Oxford Routledge 20140330 248 p The origins of international conflict are often explained by security dilemmas, power-rivalries or profits for political or economic elites. Common to these approaches is the idea that human behaviour is mostly governed by material interests which principally involve the quest for power or wealth. The authors question this truncated image of human rationality. Borrowing the concept of recognition from models developed in philosophy and sociology, this book provides a unique set of applications to the problems of international conflict, and argues that human actions are often not motivated by a pursuit of utility maximisation as much as they are by a quest to gain recognition. This unique approach will be a welcome alternative to the traditional models of international conflict. Erik Ringmar A01 1547 1547