声誉、声誉崇拜与国际冲突

Reputation,Cult of Reputation,and International Conflict

由于国际社会的无政府状态,决心声誉无法在国际冲突中形成,因此政治家对决心声誉价值的执着信念仅仅是一种声誉崇拜。在概述了声誉崇拜的逻辑与由此产生的操作码之后,探讨了声誉崇拜在冲突中对国家行为的影响模式,继而对其产生的原因进行了探究。整合结构因素与心理因素,可能有助于解释国家行为,在此基础上开展研究会带来有益的发现。

Building on recent scholarship on reputation in international politics,this article argues that,because reputation for resolve cannot formin international conflicts due to anarchy,politicians’persistent belief in the value of reputation for resolve is merely a cult of reputation.After outlining the logic of the cult and an operational code derived from it,this article examines the pattern of influence that the cult has exerted on state behavior in conflicts.It then explores the possible cause of the cult.Finally,it proposes that integrating structural and psychological factors may be a productive enterprise for understanding state behavior,and that further work along this line may lead to interesting findings.