Aesthetic Turn in International Relations - International Relations - Oxford Bibliographies

Scholarship on aesthetics and world politics has grown in volume, sophistication, and influence over the past two decades. At first sight, this phenomenon seems curious. The study of aesthetics is the study of taste and beauty and how they awaken in us certain affective sensibilities. The world of global politics is, by contrast, a hard-nosed world of power and might, of conflict and struggle, an all-too-real world that is far removed from the seemingly trivial realm of aesthetics. Not so, argue an increasing number of scholars. They have done so for many years now and compellingly. They have revealed how aesthetic sensibilities can help us rethink some of the most serious problems in global politics. An entire new generation of interdisciplinary academics has arisen, pushing the boundaries of how we can understand world politics. They explore different forms of insights, including those that emerge from images, narratives, and sounds, such as literature, visual art, music, cinema, and

Scholarship on aesthetics and world politics has grown in volume, sophistication, and influence over the past two decades. At first sight, this phenomenon seems curious. The study of aesthetics is the study of taste and beauty and how they awaken in us certain affective sensibilities. The world of global politics is, by contrast, a hard-nosed world of power and might, of conflict and struggle, an all-too-real world that is far removed from the seemingly trivial realm of aesthetics. Not so, argue an increasing number of scholars. They have done so for many years now and compellingly. They have