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The Geopolitics of Spectacle - Space, Synecdoche, and the New Capitals of Asia (Hardcover)
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The Geopolitics of Spectacle - Space, Synecdoche, and the New Capitals of Asia (Hardcover)
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Why do autocrats build spectacular new capital cities? In The
Geopolitics of Spectacle, Natalie Koch considers how autocratic
rulers use "spectacular" projects to shape state-society relations,
but rather than focus on the standard approach-on the project
itself-she considers the unspectacular "others." The contrasting
views of those from the poorest regions toward these new national
capitals help her develop a geographic approach to spectacle. Koch
uses Astana in Kazakhstan to exemplify her argument, comparing that
spectacular city with others from resource-rich, nondemocratic
nations in central Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, and Southeast Asia.
The Geopolitics of Spectacle draws new political-geographic lessons
and shows that these spectacles can be understood only from
multiple viewpoints, sites, and temporalities. Koch explicitly
theorizes spectacle geographically and in so doing extends the
analysis of governmentality into new empirical and theoretical
terrain. With cases ranging from Azerbaijan to Qatar and Myanmar,
and an intriguing account of reactions to the new capital of Astana
from the poverty-stricken Aral Sea region of Kazakhstan, Koch's
book provides food for thought for readers in human geography,
anthropology, sociology, urban studies, political science,
international affairs, and post-Soviet and central Asian studies.
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