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Aesthetics and world politics / Roland Bleiker

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Rethinking peace and conflict studiesPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009Description: 271 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781403989765 (hardback)
  • 1403989761 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 111.85 B646A 22
LOC classification:
  • BH301.P64 B64 2009
Contents:
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 iin the streets -- Poetics and the politics of memory -- The poetic search for identity and community
Summary: "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"--Provided by publisher
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Books Books SAIACS General Stacks Centre for South Asia Research (CSAR) 111.85 B646A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 054927

Includes bibliographical references and index

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 iin the streets -- Poetics and the politics of memory -- The poetic search for identity and community

"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"--Provided by publisher

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