Sensible politics: Visualizing international relations
Publication Type
Book
Publication Date
2-2020
Abstract
Visual images are everywhere in international politics, but understanding their significance requires more than interpreting meaning — it involves appreciating how they viscerally move and connect people in “affective communities of sense.” Sensible Politics uses theory and filmmaking expertise to explore the visual geopolitics of war, peace, migration, and empire through analysis of photographs, films, art, and other visual artifacts such as maps, veils, walls, gardens, and cyberspace. The book argues for a multisensory understanding of politics that extends beyond traditional text-based analysis and challenges Eurocentric perspectives by incorporating insights from Asia and the Middle East. It highlights the affective politics of everyday life and shows how visuals can perform social and world-ordering, expanding critical international relations scholarship.
Keywords
visual politics, international relations theory, visual geopolitics, multisensory politics, affective communities, visual artifacts, Eurocentrism, global politics, images and power
Discipline
Political Science
ISBN
9780190071738
Identifier
10.1093/oso/9780190071738.001.0001
Publisher
Oxford University Press
City or Country
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation
CALLAHAN, William A.. (2020). Sensible politics: Visualizing international relations. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
CALLAHAN, William A., "Sensible politics: Visualizing international relations" (2020). Research Collection School of Social Sciences. Paper 4256.
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4256
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4256
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190071738.001.0001