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Politics of the Event - Time, Movement, Becoming (Hardcover)
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Politics of the Event - Time, Movement, Becoming (Hardcover)
Series: Interventions
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Despite occupying a central role and frequently being used in the
study of international politics, the concept of the "event" remains
in many ways unchallenged and unexplored. By combining the
philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and his concept of the event with the
example of "9/11" this book problematises the role and meaning of
"events" in international politics. Specifically, it problematises
the notion of the "event" as a central reference point in time, or
as a coherent unitary whole that refers to something specific that
has happened in a fixed moment in time. The book shows, firstly,
how Deleuze's philosophy opens up to a different way of thinking
about events, highlighting the role of various processes and
movements that disrupt linear timelines and fixed moments in time.
Secondly, the book demonstrates how "big" or "global" political
"events" can be understood in terms of ongoing and continuous
processes of becoming, conditioned by the interaction of various
forces and movements that ry to determine the content and meaning
of "events" whilst always in a sense failing to do so. Thirdly and
finally, the book articulates a way of thinking about the politics
as well as ethics of encountering "events," arguing that at the
heart of such encounters there are alwayselements of uncertainty
and contingency that cannot be fully resolved or fixed. This will
be the first book to offer a serious engagement with the "event" in
international politics, providing an original account of how it is
possible to analyse its various dimensions as well asits
significance for understanding politics and the "political" more
generally.
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