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The chapter identifies vicarious identification as an overlooked yet key constitutive practice in international relations that can be theorized through a rereading of debates on ontological security, status, and recognition dynamics. It demonstrates how vicarious identification is often central to how subjects (re)gain a sense of self-certainty and self-esteem, with the chapter paying particular attention to the contexts within which an emphasis on vicarious identity is more likely to emerge. Three arenas that make vicarious identity relevant for global politics are posited. First, in its manifestation between individuals, often transnationally, in response to major international events. Second, in how citizens generate a sense of ontological security and self-identity through processes of vicarious militarized nationalism, with governments supporting this through processes of vicarious identity promotion. And third, in how states vicariously identify with other states and broader regional and civilizational communities in their pursuit of status, national self-esteem, and ontological reaffirmation. |
