Neumann, Iver B. and Pouliot, Vincent (2011) Untimely Russia: hysteresis in Russian-Western relations over the past millennium. Security Studies, 20 (1). pp. 105-137. ISSN 1556-1852
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This article draws on Pierre Bourdieu's sociology to explain how a lack of fit between a repertoire of bodily practices accumulated through history, on the one hand, (here, Russian habitus) and the field in which it is employed, on the other, (here, diplomacy) can take shape in world politics. Such “hysteresis” provides a longue durée reading that challenges both the realist idea that similar outcomes are due to invariant structures and the constructivist idea that structures “socialize” states. Social stability stems from agency, more specifically, from habitus. Our empirical examples are breaking points in Russian relations with neighbors: the Rus’ and the Eurasian steppe empires (ca. 800–1500), Muscovy's diplomatic interactions with Europe, and Russia's bid to join European international society and situation during the twentieth century. In each case, Moscow's relentless quest for equal status prompted quixotic practices that were often dismissed by Western countries and hampered the security of both parties.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/fsst20#.UqWU8_LlfTo |
| Additional Information: | © 2011 Informa UK Limited |
| Divisions: | International Relations |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform J Political Science > JZ International relations |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2013 10:08 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 00:02 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/54808 |
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