Lundborg (Swedish Institute of International Affairs) applies Gilles Deleuze's concept of the event to 9/11 to demonstrate both the utility of the concept and the 9/11 qua historical event was generat
International Relations has traditionally focused on conflict and war, but the effects of violence including dead bodies and memorialization practices have largely been considered beyond the purview o
As LGBTQ claims acquire global relevance, how do sexual politics impact the study of International Relations? This book argues that LGBTQ perspectives are not only an inherent part of world politics b
In the last two decades especially, we have witnessed the rise of ‘celebrity’ forms of global humanitarianism and charity work, spearheaded by entertainment stars, billionaires, and activist NGOs (e.g
This volume offers a state-of-the-art study of the diverse methodological approaches and issues in the study of emotions in international relations research.
"Politics of Violence uses ex-militant testimonies from Cyprus and Italy to explore the ways in which political violence is political, the functionality of violence, and the post-conflict consolidatio
The recent debate about biopolitics in International Relations (IR) theory may well prove to be one of the most provocative and rewarding engagements with the concept of power in the history of the di
Necrogeopolitics: On Death and Death-Making in International Relations brings together a diverse array of critical IR scholars, political theorists, critical security studies researchers, and critical
This is a book about the difficulties of thinking and acting politically in ways that refuse the politics of nationalism. The book offers a detailed study of how contemporary attempts by theorists of
The political philosophy of Leo Strauss has been the subject of significant scholarly and media attention in recent years, particularly in the context of the decision to invasion of Iraq in 2003. Duri
Providing an innovative interpretation and application of the work of Ranciere, this work addresses the long-standing crisis of the political left, consisting of an inability to unite around common th
Michael Dillon is internationally regarded for his contributions by political philosophers, international relations scholars and security studies experts, as well as by philosophers more broadly. It i
This edited volume deploys Deleuzian thinking to re-theorize fascism as a mutable problem in changing orders of power relations dependent on hitherto misunderstood social and political conditions of f
Hirsch (political science, Northeastern U., and U. of California Humanities Research Institute) provides an introduction explaining that the essays in this volume "...are bound by the conviction that
To see like a city, rather than seeing like a state, is the key to understanding modern politics. In this book, Magnusson draws from theorists such as Weber, Wirth, Hayek, Jacobs, Sennett, and Foucaul
This book offers a contemporary intervention in the field of feminism/international relations. Partly inspired by Surrealism, the book is written in a series of vignettes and draws on a variety of app
Examining how migrants appropriate mobility in the context of biometric border controls, this volume mobilizes new analytics and empirics in the debates about the politics of migration and provides an
