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25
Citations
4150
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1590
National Ranking
798

Overview

Brent J. Steele is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States and specializes in research within the social sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including political science and international relations, sociology and political science, philosophy, cultural studies, and social psychology.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics related to international affairs and ethics. Key areas include:

  • War, Ethics, and Justification
  • Global Peace and Security Dynamics
  • Global Security and Public Health
  • International Relations and Foreign Policy
  • Torture, Ethics, and Law
  • Political Philosophy and Ethics
  • Peacebuilding and International Security

Brent J. Steele has published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of International Political Theory
  • International Theory
  • Review of International Studies
  • International Studies Review
  • Political Science Quarterly

Selected recent papers by Brent J. Steele and their collaborators include:

  • "Anxiety, time, and ontological security's third-image potential" (2020) published in International Theory
  • "Joy as subversive defiance" (2024) published in Journal of International Political Theory
  • "Ontological security, myth, and existentialism" (2023) published in Review of International Studies
  • "Winning? The Politics of Victory in an Era of Endless War" (2022) published in International Studies Review
  • "Beyond the Veil of Knowledge: Triangulating Security, Democracy, and Academic Scholarship" (2020) published in Political Science Quarterly

Their collaborative work includes partnerships with several frequent coauthors, such as Jelena Subotić, Eric Heinze, Andrew R. Hom, Alexander Hall, and Xander Kirke.

In addition to articles, Brent J. Steele has contributed to book publications. One notable work is Vicarious Identity in International Relations: Self, Security, and Status on the Global Stage (2021), published by the University of Warwick.

Best Publications

  • Ontological Security in International Relations: Self-Identity and the IR State

    Brent J. Steele

  • Ontological Security in International Relations

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  • Ontological security and the power of self-identity: British neutrality and the American Civil War

    Brent J Steele

  • Micro-moves in International Relations theory:

    Ty Solomon;Brent J. Steele

  • Defacing Power: The Aesthetics of Insecurity in Global Politics

    Brent J Steele

  • Subjective Well-Being and Culture Across Time and Space:

    Tom W. Rice;Brent J. Steele

  • Liberal-Idealism: A Constructivist Critique

    Brent J. Steele

  • Engaging the narrative in ontological (in)security theory: insights from feminist IR

    Will K Delehanty;Brent J Steele

  • White Ethnic Diversity and Community Attachment in Small Iowa Towns

    Tom W. Rice;Brent Steele

  • Making Words Matter: The Asian Tsunami, Darfur, and “Reflexive Discourse” in International Politics

    Brent J. Steele

  • ‘Eavesdropping on honored ghosts’: from classical to reflexive realism

    Brent J Steele

  • Ontological insecurities and the politics of contemporary populism

    Brent J. Steele;Alexandra Homolar

  • Defacing Power

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  • Open Horizons: The Temporal Visions of Reflexive Realism

    Andrew R. Hom;Brent J. Steele

  • Welcome home! Routines, ontological insecurity and the politics of US military reunion videos

    Brent J. Steele

  • `Ideals that were really never in our possession': Torture, Honor and US Identity

    Brent J. Steele

  • Vicarious Identity in International Relations

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  • Alternative Accountabilities in Global Politics: The Scars of Violence

    Brent J. Steele

  • Moral Injury in International Relations

    Jelena Subotic;Brent J Steele

  • Anxiety, time, and ontological security's third-image potential

    Andrew R. Hom;Brent J. Steele

  • Organizational processes and ontological (in)security: Torture, the CIA and the United States:

    Brent J Steele

  • Irony, Emotions and Critical Distance

    Brent J. Steele

  • Reflexivity and International Relations: Positionality, Critique, and Practice

    Jack L Amoureux;Brent J. Steele

  • Of ‘witch's brews’ and scholarly communities: the dangers and promise of academic parrhesia

    Brent J Steele

  • Norms of Intervention, R2P and Libya: Suggestions from Generational Analysis

    Brent J. Steele;Eric A. Heinze

  • Political Self-Sacrifice: Agency, Body and Emotion in International Relations

    Brent J. Steele

  • Vicarious Identity in International Relations

    Christopher S. Browning;Pertti Joenniemi;Brent J. Steele

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