Name: Sensible Politics By William A. Callahan (Professor of International Relations, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science)
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Sensible Politics: Visualizing International Relations by William A. Callahan (Professor of International Relations, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science)

Visual images are everywhere in international politics. But how are we to understand them? In Sensible Politics, William A. Callahan uses his expertise in theory and filmmaking to explore not only what visuals mean, but also how visuals can viscerally move and connect us in "affective communities of sense." The book's rich analysis of visual images (photographs, film, art) and visual artifacts (maps, veils, walls, gardens, cyberspace) shows how critical scholarship needs to push beyond issues of identity and security to appreciate the creative politics of social-ordering and world-ordering. Here "sensible politics" isn't just sensory, but looks beyond icons and ideology to the affective politics of everyday life. It challenges our Eurocentric understanding of international politics by exploring the meaning and impact of visuals from Asia and the Middle East. Sensible Politics offers a unique approach to politics that allows us to not only think visually, but also feel visually-and creatively act visually for a multisensory appreciation of politics.

Sensible Politics Reviews

Together with recent contributions to visual IR, Callahan's book proves how insightful a broader perspective on visual artefacts is. * Gabi Schlag, University of Tubingen, Germany, International Affairs *
Sensible Politics is a provocative, intellectually and visually stimulating book that convincingly situates the visual at the heart of global politics. Callahan brings his deep knowledge of Chinese culture and history to show how visual politics is a global phenomenon that cannot be understood without taking a multisensory, interdisciplinary approach. Engaging with Callahan's work is a sensory experience in itself: the interplay of text, image, and touch of the page draws the reader in, with each chapter stepping the reader through the argument as one might hop across sunken stones in a memorial garden lake, challenging, exciting, and enticing the reader to see what is on the other side of each chapter. This book is an excellent example of what critical inquiry can accomplish outside of the confines of conventional academic practice. * Constance Duncombe, H - Diplo *
Sensible Politics is the one book I've read on visual politics that applies critical thinking on what the visual can do - rupture, appeal to the senses, disorient - to the written word. The written word exists in 'dynamic dyad' with the images in the book, while the structure and the chapters interline to create a multisensory experience in reading it: Callahan is not just telling us about such dyadic interactions, he is showing us. * Professor Sophie Harman, LSE Review of Books *
William A. Callahan offers an impressive and genuinely interdisciplinary tour-de-force of visual global politics. Reaching beyond the Western cannon and beyond a conventional focus on images and icons, he compellingly shows how the visual can-and should-be seen as a much broader phenomena that fundamentally shapes how we view and conduct global politics." -Roland Bleiker, Professor of International Relations, University of Queensland

About William A. Callahan (Professor of International Relations, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science)

William A. Callahan is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His recent books include China Dreams: 20 Visions of the Future (OUP, 2015) and China: The Pessoptimist Nation (OUP: 2010). Callahan also makes documentary films: "China Dreams" was broadcast on KCET (Los Angeles) in 2015, "Toilet Adventures" (2015) was shortlisted for a major award by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and "Great Walls" (2019) juxtaposes Trump's wall with the Great Wall of China.

Preface Introduction: Visualizing International Relations Part I: Visibility/Visuality: A Framework for Analysis 1. Visibility: The Social Construction of the Visual 2. Visuality: The Visual Performance of the International 3. Dynamic Dyads: Visibility/Visuality and East/West Part II: Visual Images 4. Methods, Ethics, and Filmmaking 5. Visualizing Security, Order, and War 6. Visual Art, Ethical Witnessing, and Resistance Part III: Visual Artifacts and Sensory Spaces 7. Maps, Space, and Power 8. The Sartorial Engineering of Race, Gender, and Faith 9. Walls as Barriers, Gateways, and the Sublime 10. Gardens in Diplomacy, War, and Peace 11. Visibility, Visuality, and Mass (Self)Surveillance Conclusion: Sensible Politics

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9780190071745

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0190071745

Title

Sensible Politics: Visualizing International Relations by William A. Callahan (Professor of International Relations, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science)

Author

William A. Callahan (Professor of International Relations, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science)

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Paperback

Publisher

Oxford University Press Inc

Year published

2020-03-05

Number of pages

368

Prizes

Winner of Winner of the 2022 International Political Sociology section Best Book Award from the International Studies Association.

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Sensible Politics William A. Callahan (Professor of International Relations, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science)

Sensible Politics by William A. Callahan (Professor of International Relations, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science)

Sensible Politics Summary

Sensible Politics: Visualizing International Relations by William A. Callahan (Professor of International Relations, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science)

Sensible Politics Reviews

About William A. Callahan (Professor of International Relations, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science)

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