Aesthetics and World Politics (Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies) - Softcover

Bleiker, R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1349542261 ISBN 13: 9781349542260

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

Synopsis

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.

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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1349542261
• ISBN 13: 9781349542260
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280