Sensible Politics: Visualizing International Relations (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780190071745)

Visual images are everywhere in international politics. But how are we to understand them? In Sensible Politics, William A. Callahan uses his expertise in theory and filmmaking to explore not only what visuals mean, but also how visuals can viscerally move and connect us in "affective communities of sense." The book's rich analysis of visual images (photographs, film, art) and visual artifacts (maps, veils, walls, gardens, cyberspace) shows how critical scholarship needs to push beyond issues of identity and security to appreciate the creative politics of social-ordering and world-ordering. Here "sensible politics" isn't just sensory, but looks beyond icons and ideology to the affective politics of everyday life. It challenges our Eurocentric understanding of international politics by exploring the meaning and impact of visuals from Asia and the Middle East. Sensible Politics offers a unique approach to politics that allows us to not only think visually, but also feel visually-and creatively act visually for a multisensory appreciation of politics.

Author: William A. Callahan
ISBN-10: 0190071745
ISBN-13: 9780190071745
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 02/07/2020
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d