ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book focuses on emotion of rage, understood broadly as an emotional reaction to grave injustices and mistreatments. It extends the Micro Approach by paying attention to the neuroscientific findings while also positing different ways rage manifests in International Relations (IR). The book intends to show, claims of violence stemming from rage, rather than more legitimate causes, follow an insider/outsider logic. It seeks to re-establish rage as a natural emotion; to help readers understand the term aligned with notions of irrationality and excess, a fact that is undeniable, while also mapping its causes and the way it manifests on the international stage. The book suggests a Rage-Binary Theory in IRs, that captures both the violent manifestation of the emotion, as first theorized in the myths of ancient Greece, as well as a more subversive or "silent" manifestation, captured in Friedrich Nietzsche's theory of Ressentiment.
