Victory or Vested Interest?

Abstract The study of Eurocentrism has become a hallmark of postcolonial International Relations theories. Of particular concern in this literature has been the resilience of Eurocentrism despite conscious efforts to move towards a post-Eurocentric understanding of world politics. This study argues that while existing works have highlighted many of the reasons why Eurocentrism persists today, it has not been sufficiently identified and conceptualised. In particular, why some policy actors, who have a vested interest in moving beyond Eurocentrism, inadvertently reproduce Eurocentrism? This article proposes to distinguish between different types of inadvertent reproductions. In particular it highlights rhetorical critique, deconstruction, decentring and dehierarchising, as different ways to critique, inadvertently reproduce and partially modify Eurocentrism. To illustrate this situation, this article looks at Turkey's migration policies and documents how Turkish governing elites have openly claimed the need to upend the Eurocentric order, yet have reproduced it in practice.

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An Exploration of How Objectivity Is Practiced in Art

Leonardo ◽

10.1162/002409400552649 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 33 (4) ◽

pp. 267-274 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Siún Hanrahan

Keyword(s):

Critical Power ◽

Vested Interest ◽

Art And Science ◽

The Relationship

In the binary economy of art and science, art's subjectivity is widely perceived as undermining its contribution to knowledge. Even when invoked by those with a vested interest in art, the potential ascribed to art within this economy does not do justice to the range and critical power of art. Trans-gressing this art-science binary, the author explores how objectivity is practiced within art and argues that the relationship between art and science is not a matter of boundaries but of intertwined in-flections of understanding.

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Vested Interest and Biased Price Estimates: Evidence from an Auction Market

The Journal of Finance ◽

10.1111/j.1540-6261.2005.00803.x ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 60 (5) ◽

pp. 2409-2435 ◽

Cited By ~ 57

Author(s):

JIANPING MEI ◽

MICHAEL MOSES

Keyword(s):

Vested Interest ◽

Auction Market

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Weapons of Reform: Gregory VII, Armenia, and the Liturgy

Church History ◽

10.1017/s0009640712000625 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 81 (2) ◽

pp. 328-347

Author(s):

Kriston R. Rennie

Keyword(s):

Vested Interest ◽

Historical Understanding ◽

The World

This paper examines Gregory VII's (1073–85) evolutionary efforts to unite the Armenian Church with Rome in the 1070s and 1080s. The pope's changing attitude towards Armenian liturgical practices, it is argued, illustrates a broader and visionary papal outlook, revealing in turn many social, cultural, political, and doctrinal dynamics at work during his pontificate. As a consequence of this interplay, Gregory's vested interest in the world beyond Latin Christendom becomes manifest, contributing ultimately to a more nuanced portrait of this pope and a broader historical understanding of his papacy and its governance.

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An Inventory of Gas Lighting Equipment in the Theatre Royal, Hull, 1877

Theatre Survey ◽

10.1017/s0040557400006165 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 29-37

Author(s):

John W. Brokaw

Keyword(s):

Vested Interest ◽

The Other ◽

New Creation ◽

Electrical Industry

In 1917, the editor of Edison's Monthly looked disdainfully back on the era of gas in the theatre: “Stage lights,” he said, “took up almost as much room as the scenery itself. Long yards of rubber pipe trailed across the stage and wings. Only the footlights were permanent and only the crudest stage effects were possible.” He might have mentioned the unbearable heat they generated and their malodorous fumes. This house organ for the electrical industry had, of course, a vested interest in deprecating gas and extoling the virtues of electricity. But there were also enthusiasts for gas; in 1923, for example, Louis Hartmann reported that one of the best of the old gas men—William Hall—had told him:I have always claimed that the electric switchboard and dimmer equipment is only the evolution of the old gas table or switchboard, not a new creation. With the gas table of the other days we accomplished the same results you obtain today—in a crude way, we will admit, but with wonderful results. I will state without fear of contradiction that the combination of old gas lighting equipment and the calcium [i.e., lime] light apparatus, we have given productions that even in this era of advancement have never been equalled, that is so far as stage spectacular effect is concerned.

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Conclusions, Responses to Objections, and Scholarly Recommendations

Cult of the Irrelevant ◽

10.23943/princeton/9780691181219.003.0009 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 240-256

Author(s):

Michael C. Desch

Keyword(s):

Social Science ◽

Real World ◽

Vested Interest ◽

Science Methods ◽

Intellectual Culture ◽

Social Scientists ◽

Social Science Methods ◽

Self Interest ◽

To Come ◽

Policy Problems

This concluding chapter evaluates the increasing tendency of many social scientists to embrace methods and models for their own sake rather than because they can help people answer substantively important questions. This inclination is in part the result of the otherwise normal and productive workings of science but is also reinforced by less positive factors such as organizational self-interest and intellectual culture. As a result of the latter, many political scientists have committed themselves to particular social science methods not so much because they believe they will illuminate real-world policy problems but because they serve a vested interest in disciplinary autonomy and dovetail with a particular image of what a “science” of politics should look like. In other words, the professionalization of social science is the root of the enduring relevance question. The chapter then offers some concrete suggestions for how to reestablish the balance between rigor and relevance in the years to come.

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“Bookless Mississippi”

Faulkner and Money ◽

10.14325/mississippi/9781496822529.003.0001 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 3-14

Author(s):

Sarah E. Gardner

Keyword(s):

Book Industry ◽

Vested Interest ◽

Export Trade ◽

The South ◽

Bottom Line ◽

Newspaper Editor

This essay examines the ways in which academics along with book industry insiders understood depressed rates of book buying and borrowing in the South. These were no idle concerns. During the 1930s, the south accounted for a little more than 7 percent of the nation's book purchases. High rates of poverty and illiteracy accounted for much of the problem, but not all. Those with a vested interest in fostering "book consciousness" in the region, including sociologist Howard Odum, librarian Louis Round Wilson, and editor William Couch, devised creative schemes to promote reading in the region. Not surprisingly, their efforts proved largely unsuccessful. As they quickly learned, those concerned solely with the bottom line were content to write the south off. The implications were considerable. As newspaper editor Jonathan Daniels ruefully observed, "books in the South, like cotton in the South, are produced for the export trade."

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War and Play

Designing Games for Ethics ◽

10.4018/978-1-60960-120-1.ch006 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 83-97 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Devin Monnens

Keyword(s):

Game Design ◽

Vested Interest ◽

Design Problems ◽

Military Conflict ◽

War Games

This chapter argues for a game design ethic for war game production and the development of games that produce a more realistic and conscientious critique of warfare, defined as antiwar and conscientious war games. Given the medium’s preponderance toward narratives and simulations of military conflict, there are surprisingly few works that seriously examine its consequences. This chapter surveys and critiques several existing antiwar and conscientious war games and examines design problems associated with exploring antiwar narratives. It concludes with an exploration of areas in which both new antiwar games can be developed and existing war games can be modified to produce conscientious messages about war. Artists and designers should have a vested interest in producing antiwar games to both enrich the medium and improve society by inspiring audiences to seek alternatives to conflict.

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