Aesthetics and world politics
By: Roland Bleiker.
Series: Rethinking peace and conflict studies
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781403989765
Subjects: Aesthetics -- Political aspects; World politics; Political poetry
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"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 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 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.