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THE INVERSION OF SOFT POWER: NARRATIVE AUTHORITY, CIVILIZATIONISM AND THE CRISIS OF THE LIBERAL INTERNATIONAL ORDER

Dominant readings of the crisis of the international order have privileged material and institutional explanations. This article argues instead that its deepest core is the erosion of the narrative authority that allowed Western powers to define what counts as legitimate, modern and desirable on a global scale. Through...