Rationality and Emotion, 2014 Comparative Studies of the Franco-German and Sino-Japanese Reconciliations

Reconciliation is an important agenda for postwar countries. It plays a major role in harmonizing bilateral and regional relations. Lin Ren compares reconciliations between the Sino-Japanese and the Franco-German dyads. Each dyad shares a deep-rooted historic antagonism. Nevertheless, France and Germany reached a far deeper degree of reconciliation. Therefore, this book devotes to explore the ?trouble-creators? that led to the diverse outcomes, so as to challenge taking rationality as the single micro-foundation of decision making concerning reconciliation.

Current Research on Reconciliation.- Explanatory Variables from the Different Strands of IR Theories.- Reconciliation: Making a Better Defined Area for IR Students.- Correlation between Economic Interdependence and Peace.- Bounded Rationality and Redefined Self-Interest.- Comparative Study of Related Indicators and Reconciliation Outcomes.- Typology of Memory and Correlated Reconciliation.- Correlation between Political Similarity and a Stable Restored Relationship.- Converging Narrative between Germany and France.- Diverging Narratives between China and Japan.