The Poetics of Fear: A Human Response to Human Security - Couverture rigide

Erickson, Dr Chris

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1441101020 ISBN 13 : 9781441101020

Editeur : Continuum Publishing Corporation, 2010

Synopsis

Book by Erickson Chris

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"Subtlety of analysis and fearlessness in the face of complexity characterize Erickson's work: he reads poetically, seeing not just models for thought (and hence action), but also ways in which the very texts he reads complicate the matter. Erickson has a salutary awareness of metaphor, the reverberations of literary context, and the imaginative attitudes encouraged by various texts and methodologies. We rarely find in political thought such sensitivity to the deeper and more unsettling aspects of poetics, but here Erickson rejects the oversimplifications of 'realism' and shows how the cultural allies from the past that are enlisted on its side can themselves qualify, question, make problematic, or undermine the positions they are enlisted to support.This book compares favorably to the best of those that use Ancient Greek and Roman texts to think with and think through, in company with, e.g., the psychologist Jonathan Shay's Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Charact --.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Poetics of Fear looks at how fear is used for political purposes, focusing on the binary logic of "this is the way things are, and there is nothing (else) you can do about it" -a logic that underlies the realist tradition in international relations theory. The Shield of Achilles from Homer's Iliad is used as metaphorical analysis to look at what the politics of fear is, how it works, and how it can be resisted. It aims to provide a human response to human security matters. The work first shows how the Shield works to paralyze its audience. How can it be resisted? One response is to offer a warning about the hazards of bearing the Shield. After looking at thinkers such as Plato, Baudrillard, and Nietzsche, the work concludes with an examination of ekphrasis as a critical tool. With a unique and fresh perspective, The Poetics of Fear will be relevant to those interested in security studies and critical theoretical approaches to political science.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Continuum Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1441101020
• ISBN 13: 9781441101020
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 232