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This work provides a deconstruction of the idea of diplomacy that explores the links between its theory and practice. The author focuses on the language that underwrites and directs the theory and diplomacy, and shows that such a critical approach is actually a way of practising politics.

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Diplomatic representations; or, who framed the ambassadors?; theoris - the embassy of theory; theoria - the quest and the question of diplomacy; thema - diplo-ma-cy: from statecraft to handicraft; theama - diplomacy theatre and the other; then-ora - gastronomic diplomacy: commensality, communion, communication; theorema - the revelation of Hermes.

On The Way To Diplomacy

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      Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/09/1996
      ISBN13: 9780816626854, 978-0816626854
      ISBN10: 0816626855

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This work provides a deconstruction of the idea of diplomacy that explores the links between its theory and practice. The author focuses on the language that underwrites and directs the theory and diplomacy, and shows that such a critical approach is actually a way of practising politics.

      Table of Contents
      Diplomatic representations; or, who framed the ambassadors?; theoris - the embassy of theory; theoria - the quest and the question of diplomacy; thema - diplo-ma-cy: from statecraft to handicraft; theama - diplomacy theatre and the other; then-ora - gastronomic diplomacy: commensality, communion, communication; theorema - the revelation of Hermes.

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