Constructing Power: A Critical and Constructivist Theory Using the American Case
暫譯: 建構權力：以美國案例為基礎的批判性與建構主義理論
Wedekind, Kirby L.
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商品描述
This book asserts that there exists a causal relationship between identity, interest, and the exercise of power. The work defines power as the ability to satisfy oneself, which makes power contingent upon belief. It also dissects the concepts of identity, interest, and power to reveal how each works and relate to the others. This analysis creates a new theory of power using constructivism informed by critical theory, departing from neorealist and neoliberal perspectives. The work uses the United States to test the theory by examining US national identity, interest, and exercises of power. A deconstruction of American Exceptionalism proceeds three case studies and runs as a theme to connect each, unifying the work. A military operation in 2016 against the Islamic State in Libya, the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, and the whiplash caused by US participation in the 2015 Paris Agreement serve as the three case studies for analyzing US identity, interest, and power through the theory. This work proposes a new way of understanding power based on constructivism and informed by critical theory that applies to interpersonal and international relationships. Every relation is a power relation and power is the ability to satisfy oneself. This book provides insight into the underlying causes and machinations that transpire within every kind of social relation. This is a significant shift in how power is understood and applied in politics, the military, business, and interpersonal relationships. This book seeks to provide the reader with greater and clearer understanding of themselves, the world in which they live, and why it exists as such.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
這本書主張身份、利益與權力行使之間存在因果關係。該著作將權力定義為滿足自我的能力，這使得權力依賴於信念。它還剖析了身份、利益和權力的概念，以揭示每個概念如何運作及彼此之間的關聯。這一分析基於批判理論的建構主義，創造了一種新的權力理論，並脫離了新現實主義和新自由主義的視角。該著作以美國為例，通過檢視美國的國家身份、利益和權力行使來測試這一理論。對美國例外主義的解構隨後進行三個案例研究，並作為主題將每個案例連結起來，統一整部作品。2016年對伊斯蘭國在利比亞的軍事行動、2014年俄羅斯吞併克里米亞，以及美國參與2015年巴黎協定所引發的劇烈變化，作為分析美國身份、利益和權力的三個案例研究。這部作品提出了一種基於建構主義和批判理論的新理解權力的方式，適用於人際和國際關係。每一種關係都是權力關係，而權力是滿足自我的能力。這本書提供了對每種社會關係中潛在原因和運作機制的深入洞察。這是對權力在政治、軍事、商業和人際關係中理解和應用方式的重大轉變。這本書旨在為讀者提供更深刻和清晰的自我理解、他們所生活的世界以及為何世界如此存在的原因。
作者簡介
Kirby Wedekind serves as the Security Advisor in northeast Florida for the US Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Based in Jacksonville, his duties include serving as a liaison from CISA to local government agencies and private industry; fostering community awareness on security topics ranging from cybersecurity to active shooter preparedness; conducting vulnerability assessments of critical infrastructure; and sharing security-related information with communities of interest across northeast Florida. Dr. Wedekind supervises the Protective Security Advisors in North Carolina and South Carolina.Dr. Wedekind joined the Department of Homeland Security in 2013 as a planner supporting the protection of critical national infrastructure. While in this role, his portfolio included strategic planning for special events and Soft Target - Crowded Places, including as one of the leaders for the creation of the Department's Soft Target - Crowded Places Security Plan that has driven the national effort to enhance the security of vulnerabilities that inherently exist in the unprotected places and spaces across the United States. For his efforts, Dr. Wedekind received the Infrastructure Security Division's Assistant Director Medal and the Secretary's Unity of Effort Award in 2018.In addition to his work with the US Department of Homeland Security, Dr. Wedekind is currently a Visiting Fellow at Cranfield University and the chair of the advisory board for Jacksonville University's Center of Cybersecurity. He contributed a chapter to Deterrence: Concepts and Approaches for Current and Emerging Threats, a book published by Springer in 2020.Dr. Wedekind previously served for ten years in the US Marines as a combat engineer office and civil affairs officer, reaching the rank of Major with deployments to Iraq (2009), Republic of Georgia (2010), SOUTHCOM (2011), Afghanistan (2011-2012), and with the 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit (2016). A native of Jacksonville, FL, he holds a BA in English from Wake Forest University, an Executive Master's degree in Emergency and Disaster Management from Georgetown University, and doctorate (PhD) in Defence & Security from Cranfield University (UK).
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Kirby Wedekind 擔任美國國土安全部網絡安全與基礎設施安全局（Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, CISA）在佛羅里達州東北部的安全顧問。他的工作地點位於傑克遜維爾，職責包括作為 CISA 與地方政府機構及私營行業之間的聯絡人；提高社區對於從網絡安全到主動射手準備等安全主題的認識；對關鍵基礎設施進行脆弱性評估；以及與佛羅里達州東北部的相關社區分享安全相關資訊。Wedekind 博士負責監督北卡羅來納州和南卡羅來納州的保護安全顧問。
Wedekind 博士於 2013 年加入國土安全部，擔任規劃師，支持保護關鍵國家基礎設施。在此角色中，他的工作範圍包括針對特殊事件和軟目標 - 擁擠場所的戰略規劃，並作為部門軟目標 - 擁擠場所安全計劃的創建者之一，推動全國努力加強對美國未受保護場所和空間中固有脆弱性的安全。因其努力，Wedekind 博士於 2018 年獲得基礎設施安全部門助理主任獎章和部長的統一努力獎。
除了在美國國土安全部的工作外，Wedekind 博士目前還是克蘭菲爾德大學的訪問研究員，以及傑克遜維爾大學網絡安全中心的顧問委員會主席。他為 2020 年由施普林格出版的書籍《威懾：當前與新興威脅的概念與方法》貢獻了一章。
Wedekind 博士曾在美國海軍陸戰隊服役十年，擔任戰鬥工程師和民事事務官，晉升至少校，並曾部署至伊拉克（2009 年）、喬治亞共和國（2010 年）、南方司令部（SOUTHCOM，2011 年）、阿富汗（2011-2012 年）以及第 22 海軍陸戰隊遠征部隊（2016 年）。他是佛羅里達州傑克遜維爾的本地人，擁有維克森林大學的英語學士學位、喬治城大學的緊急與災難管理高級碩士學位，以及克蘭菲爾德大學（英國）的國防與安全博士學位（PhD）。
