Infrapolitics means to look at things that are at the heart of politics but not acknowledged as such at the level of data , theory and practice. In authoritarian societies, actors usually hide their actual feelings about authority and use a different discourse to shield themselves from the wrath of those in power. Their actual feelings come out in various disguises. One of those disguises is fictional writings.
Novels usually convey more about the political world of certain countries than newspaper reporting.
In this course, I will use fiction to raise questions about the study of politics in non-western social formations. Even in the West, where open political arrangements are more common, there are political issues that cannot be conveyed to the public except through fictional works such as Primary Colors . In this course, students are encouraged to approach politics in a non-conventional way and use their creative and critical faculties to conceive of the political both broadly and differently.