Einar Wigen: 2 books
State of Translation
Turkey in Interlingual Relations
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2018
International politics often requires two or more languages. The resulting interlingual relations mean translation, either by interpreters who are quite literally in the middle of conversations, or by bilingual statesmen who negotiate internationally in one language and then legitimize domestically...
The Steppe Tradition in International Relations
Russians, Turks and European State Building 4000 BCE–2017 CE
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
Neumann and Wigen counter Euro-centrism in the study of international relations by providing a full account of political organisation in the Eurasian steppe from the fourth millennium BCE up until the present day. Drawing on a wide range of archaeological and historical secondary sources, alongside...