Imagining Disarmament, Enchanting International Relations (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)

This book explores the global politics of disarmament through emerging international relations (IR) theories of discourse and imagination. Each chapter reflects on an aspect of contemporary activism on weapons through an analogous story from literary tradition. Shahrazade, convenor of the 1001 Nights, offers a potent metaphor for the humanitarian advocacy seeking to moderate the behaviour of violent people. The author reads Don Quixote in Cambodia's minefields, reflects on Lysistrata at Greenham Common and considers how tropes in The Tempest were enrolled in both Pacific nuclear testing and efforts to resist it. The book draws on ethnographic fieldwork in communities affected by weapons and disarmament advocacy at the UN and calls for a re-enchantment of IR, alive to affect, ritual and myth.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	August 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Matthew Breay Bolton
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	133
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-017718-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General
LSN:	3-03-017718-1
Barcode:	9783030177188

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