Aesthetics and World Politics

by R. Bleiker

Overview

This book presents one of the first systematic assessments of aesthetic insights into world politics. It examines the nature of aesthetic approaches and outlines how they differ from traditional analysis of politics. The book explores the potential and limits of aesthetics through a series of case studies on language and poetics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230390638
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/28/2009
Series:	Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	271
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

ROLAND BLEIKER is Professor of International Relations at the University of Queensland, Australia. He worked as a Swiss diplomat in the Korean DMZ and held visiting fellowships at Harvard, Cambridge, Humboldt, Tampere, Yonsei and Pusan National University as well as the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague. In part based on the reputation of the book, Roland received $ 222,000 in funding from the Australian Research Council for a new project on how images shape responses to humanitarian crises. His essay with Morgan Brigg entitled 'Autoethnographic International Relations: Exploring the Self as a Source of Research' (2010) has been awarded the British International Studies Association Prize for Best Article in the Review of International Studies.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Aesthetic Turn in International Political Theory Art after 9/11 The Sublime Nature of Global Politics Poetic World Politics Poetry after Auschwitz Poetic Resistance to Cold War Politics Come See the Blood in the Streets Poetics and the Politics of Memory The Poetic Search for Identity and Community Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

'...a spirited yet remarkably humble defence of the heretical idea that the future of international relations as a vigorous academic discipline depends on the willingness of its representatives to take a radical 'aesthetic turn'...Bleiker's intellectual vision unfolds in exemplary lucid prose...' - Australian Book Review

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