Failing the state self: on the politics of state shame

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• What: The aim of this research is to (re)conceptualize state shame as a narrative on the social position of the state by building on insights developed by IR theory sociology and social psychology. The article proposes four types of state shame narratives namely situational shame narcissistic shame aggressive shame and deferential shame that can separately account for the divergent effects and social and moral roles that the emotion can be attributed with. The aim of this paper is to argue for a more comprehensive and theoretically grounded understanding of shame in international politics to explain divergent . . .
  

   

  

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