From discourse to legitimacy: narratives as instruments of influence in international relations

Basit Öğe Kaydı
dc.authorid0000-0002-6849-273X
dc.contributor.authorGozkaman, Armagan
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-31T15:08:51Z
dc.date.available2026-01-31T15:08:51Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentİstanbul Beykent Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis editorial article examines the centrality of narratives and values in shaping human understanding, social realities, and political life. Humans naturally think and communicate through stories, which structure events into coherent sequences, assign meaning, and influence collective memory, identity, and power relations. Narratives function as both cognitive and discursive tools, enabling shared understanding while redistributing interpretive authority between storytellers and audiences. They do more than represent reality: they actively shape opinions, social organization, and political dynamics. Values are inseparable from narratives, as stories translate abstract ideals into tangible political action. Both narratives and values are inherently unstable, socially constructed, and politically contested, with their meaning continually negotiated and mobilized by competing actors. By foregrounding the constitutive and transformative power of narratives and the contested nature of values, this article underscores their significance for interpreting political phenomena and analyzing the dynamics of international relations.
dc.identifier.doi10.1332/20437897Y2025D000000081
dc.identifier.endpage280
dc.identifier.issn2326-9995
dc.identifier.issn2043-7897
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105023469031
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage264
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org./10.1332/20437897Y2025D000000081
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12662/10773
dc.identifier.volume15
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001601318000001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBristol Univ Press & Policy Press
dc.relation.ispartofGlobal Discourse
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260128
dc.subjectnarrative
dc.subjectvalue
dc.subjectlegitimacy
dc.subjectinternational relations
dc.titleFrom discourse to legitimacy: narratives as instruments of influence in international relations
dc.typeArticle

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