Identity, Interest and Action
A Cultural Explanation of Sweden's Intervention in the Thirty Years War
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This book offers an original combination of cultural and narratological analysis with an empirical study of identity and political action. It is at once a powerful critique of rational choice theories of action and a solution to the historiographical puzzle of why Sweden went to war in 1630. Erik Ringmar argues that people act not only for reasons of interest, but also for reasons of identity, and that the latter are, in fact, more fundamental.Table of contents:Introduction: the beginning of the story; Part I. A Narrative Theory of Action: 1. Historical and scientific explanations; 2. The mode...
This book offers an original combination of cultural and narratological analysis with an empirical study of identity and political action. It is at once a powerful critique of rational choice theories of action and a solution to the historiographical puzzle of why Sweden went to war in 1630. Erik Ringmar argues that people act not only for reasons of interest, but also for reasons of identity, and that the latter are, in fact, more fundamental.
Table of contents:
Introduction: the beginning of the story; Part I. A Narrative Theory of Action: 1. Historical and scientific explanations; 2. The modern orthodoxy; 3. A narrative theory of action; Part II. Why Did Sweden Go to War in 1630?: 4. Historical and cultural preliminaries; 5. Fighting for a national interest; 6. Fighting for a national identity; Conclusion: the end of the story?
A powerful critique of rational choice theory which offers a solution to an important historiographical puzzle. Erik Ringmar's original, non-rational theory of action demonstrates the fundamental role of identity in explaining a country's involvement in war.
Critique of rational choice theory and original, cultural analysis of key historical problem.
Table of contents:
Introduction: the beginning of the story; Part I. A Narrative Theory of Action: 1. Historical and scientific explanations; 2. The modern orthodoxy; 3. A narrative theory of action; Part II. Why Did Sweden Go to War in 1630?: 4. Historical and cultural preliminaries; 5. Fighting for a national interest; 6. Fighting for a national identity; Conclusion: the end of the story?
A powerful critique of rational choice theory which offers a solution to an important historiographical puzzle. Erik Ringmar's original, non-rational theory of action demonstrates the fundamental role of identity in explaining a country's involvement in war.
Critique of rational choice theory and original, cultural analysis of key historical problem.
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