Format:
Online-Ressource (x, 217 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
1441101020
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9781441101020
Content:
The Poetics of Fear looks at how fear is used forpolitical purposes, focusing on the binary logic of "this is the way thingsare, and there is nothing (else) you can do about it" --a logic thatunderlies the realist tradition in international relations theory. The Shield of Achilles from Homer's Iliad is used as metaphoricalanalysis to look at what the politics of fear is, how it works, and how it canbe resisted. It aims to provide a human response to human security matters. The work first shows how the Shield works to paralyze its audience. How can itbe resisted? One response is to offer a war
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: THE POLITICS OF FEAR; CHAPTER 2 THE GOD OF FIRE'S GIFT: THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES AND THE LOGIC OF FEAR; CHAPTER 3 UNHEEDED WARNINGS; CHAPTER 4 MIMESIS AS RESISTANCE; CHAPTER 5 WHAT BEGINS WITH CRATYLUS, LEADS TO BAUDRILLARD; CHAPTER 6 LIFE AS LITERATURE: POLITICS AS POETICS; CHAPTER 7 EKPHRASIS AS CRITIQUE; CHAPTER 8 CONCLUSION; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; Bibliography
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441155566
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Poetics of Fear : A Human Response to Human Security
Language:
English
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