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Aesthetics and World Politics 1st ed. 2009 Edition
Author(s): R. Bleiker (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: August 28, 2009
- Edition: 1st ed. 2009
- Language: English
- Print length: 278 pages
- ISBN-10: 1349542261
- ISBN-13: 9781349542260
Book Description
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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘…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
About the Author
ROLAND BLEIKER is Professor of International Relations at the University of Queensland, Australia. His previous books include Popular Dissent, Human Agency and Global Politics and Divided Korea: Toward a Culture of Reconciliation. 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.
