1st Edition
Literature and International Relations Stories in the Art of Diplomacy
By Paul Sheeran
Copyright 2007
238 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
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Making a strong case for the relevance of literary production to understanding international relations, this persuasive volume highlights the potential rewards of developing a methodology to bring literature to bear on a discipline which has tended to neglect fictional sources. Paul Sheeran considers the deep insight that can be gained from the study of key works in fiction and literature to... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Utopia and its Discontents; Chapter 2 Chivalry and Honour; Chapter 3 The Madness of Reason; Chapter 4 Building Worlds; Chapter 5 Border Flows; Chapter 6 The Politics of Unreasonable International Relations; Chapter 7 Listening to Voices; Chapter 8 City-States; Chapter 9 Out of This World; Chapter 10 The Final Dance;
Biography
Dr Paul Sheeran is Masters Programme Director at the University of Winchester, UK.
'A unique book at the interface of world literature and international relations studies; we go from Karen Blixen to Milan Kundera via Edward Said and John Major...At times it reads like a novel, at times it teaches liberal yet controversial lessons of world politics...Both scholarly and impressionistic, this clever book convincingly explores a new form of (postmodern?) academic writing.' Loykie L. Lominé, International Baccalaureate Organization, France
