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  • 8 - Disciplinary Beliefs about International Law and the Narrative of Indifference

  • from Part III - The Narrative of Indifference in the Twentieth Century
  • Agatha Verdebout
  • Book:
    Rewriting Histories of the Use of Force
    Published online:
    10 September 2021
    Print publication:
    23 September 2021, pp 219-269

  • Summary

    Having further evidenced the discrepancy between the modernhistorical narratives on the prohibition of the use of force and historical sources, this chapter is the first of two which attempts to understand the origins and persistence of the narrative of indifference. Using Lévi-Strauss’s work on myths illustrates how this narrative can be considered to find its source in the identity of international law as a discipline. It starts by trying to evidence the ‘core beliefs’ that can be considered to underlie this identity. It argues that central to international law is the belief that law is the sine qua non condition of order and peace. Identifying different iterations of the narrativeofindifference and using tools of linguistic analysis, it shows how this belief structures the narrative of indifference from both a syntagmatic and paradigmatic point of view.