{"product_id":"states-of-political-discourse-9780415328357","title":"States of Political Discourse","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* How are states made possible, constructed in theory and practice, and what alternative possibilities are given up by conferring legitimacy on states?\u003cbr\u003e* How do ''reasons of state'' appropriate and inform discourses of sovereignty, territoriality, historiography, diplomacy, security and community?\u003cbr\u003e* How can we employ language to challenge the problematic logics of international relations and imagine alternative ways of being with and relating to others?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eStates of Political Discourse\u003c\/em\u003e addresses these questions through a series of highly original and provocative essays that engage a range of political conditions and practices, exploring areas that are conventionally neglected. Topics include the language of normal and pathological states in Freudian psychoanalysis, the mythography of Europe, the political reification of the Himalayan region, the spirituality of cosmopolitanism, the status of the Knights of St John, and the literary exploration of diplomacy and securi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The book is dense, and its analysis intense. Intellectually challenging claims are backed with meticulous research and philosophical rigour. It heralds new possiblities for research and analyses by intergrating overlooked methods and themes and by questioning the accuracy\/paradoxes of widespread hellenogenic imports.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eMillenium Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Constantinou makes some serious claims and unsettling challenges to IR and politics.' -\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eDr Garen Karapetyan, Independent Scholar.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by R. B. J. Walker Acknowledgements \u003cem\u003eStasis\u003c\/em\u003e, or the Seditious State \u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Metastasis \u003c\/strong\u003e 1. States, Ethnocratic States and States Within 2. Representations of Sovereignty on the Himalayas 3. Piracy, Knight-errantry, Statehood \u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Antistasis\u003c\/strong\u003e 4. Poetics of Security 5. Diplomacy, Grotesque Realism and Ottoman Historiography 6. NATO's Caps \u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Ekstasis \u003c\/strong\u003e 7. Europa Mythica 8. Hippopolis\/Cynopolis \u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: Hypostasis\u003c\/strong\u003e Notes\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402094027095,"sku":"9780415328357","price":181.72,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/states-of-political-discourse-9780415328357","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}