Deconstructing international politics / Michael Dillon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dillon, Michael, 1945- author.

Series:

Interventions (Routledge (Firm))

Interventions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

International relations--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book is the first full length manuscript to draw on the the insights and techniques of deconstruction to analyse international relations. Influenced primarily by Derrida, it critiques the cornerstones of international relations such as modernity, the state, the subject, security and ethics and justice"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

DECONSTRUCTING INTERNATIONAL POLITICS; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Modernity, security and deterrence; 3 Signifying power; 4 The scandal of the refugee; 5 The sovereign and the stranger; 6 Another justice; 7 Deconstructing the military body; 8 Transformation; 9 Violence, the messianic and the tragic; 10 Lethal freedom: divine violence and the Machiavellian moment; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-16012-4

1-283-97316-2

0-203-07945-0

1-136-16013-2

9780203079454

OCLC:

827208890