Aesthetics and World Politics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Introduction

   • Roland Bleiker

   Pages 1-17

3. The Aesthetic Turn in International Political Theory

   • Roland Bleiker

   Pages 18-47

4. Art after 9/11

   • Roland Bleiker

   Pages 48-66

5. The Sublime Nature of Global Politics

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   Pages 67-83

6. Poetic World Politics

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   Pages 84-96

7. Poetry after Auschwitz

   • Roland Bleiker

   Pages 97-111

8. Poetic Resistance to Cold War Politics

   • Roland Bleiker

   Pages 112-127

9. Come See the Blood in the Streets

   • Roland Bleiker

   Pages 128-140

10. Poetics and the Politics of Memory

    • Roland Bleiker

    Pages 141-151

11. The Poetic Search for Identity and Community

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    Pages 152-170

12. Conclusion

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    Pages 171-188

13. Back Matter

    Pages 189-271

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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.

• aesthetics
• Cold War
• poetics
• poetry
• political theory
• politics

'...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

• University of Queensland, Australia

  Roland Bleiker

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.

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