Milan Babík

The Poetics of International Politics

Fact and Fiction in Narrative Representations of World Affairs

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book has two interrelated objectives; to excavate the non-empirical elements inherent in mainstream academic international relations literature and to highlight the real political inspirations and implications written by leading contemporary novelists about international topics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781032094397
• ISBN-10: 1032094397
• Artikelnr.: 62152104

Autorenporträt

Milan Babík teaches international politics at Colby College. His research interests include narrative theory and critical historiography. His first book, Statecraft and Salvation (2013), examined the religious foundations of Wilsonian liberal internationalism.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Narrative Theory: The Role of Stories in the Representation
of Reality 2. The Story of Anarchy: The Poetic Core of Scientific
International Relations 3. The Fictions of E. H. Carr's Realism: Dead
Theorist as a Literary Artifact 4. Bin Laden Meets Bill Lawton: The
Politics of Don DeLillo's Poetic Representation of 9/11 5. The End of
History as an April Fool's Joke: Milan Kundera's Literary Critique of
Western Liberalism after 1989 Conclusion