Description
Book SynopsisFollow your favorite caped crusaders (and foes) to learn about the current world order. Mariano Turzi explains the main theories of international relations through Batman, Two-Face, and the Justice League. The Hulk illuminates Russia's foreign policy and Aquaman sheds light on climate change. The X-Men experience the same dramas as refugees and Tony Stark personifies modern warfare. How is Spiderman like the UN and Wonder Woman's soft power comparable to the European Union? You will learn about globalization through Flash and about American hegemony with Superman and Captain America. Even Bane and his face mask appear, anticipating the effects of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Taking superheroes and supervillains as myths or modern archetypes, the book invites you to a super-journey through the fascinating universe of structures, themes, protagonists, and problems of world affairs.
Table of ContentsForeword
Part I: X-Ray Visions: International Relations Theories
Chapter 1. Liberalism: The JLA
Chapter 2. Batman’s Realism
Chapter 3. Constructivism: Between Harvey Dent and Two-Face
Chapter 4. Red Son and the Power Structuralism
Chapter 5. Doctor Strange’s Intersectional Perspective
Part II: The Multiverses: Global Structure
Chapter 6. Superman: Hegemony and World Order
Chapter 7. Globalization: The Flash
Chapter 8. Cyborg: The World's Digital Duplicate
Chapter 9. Peter's Web: International Organizations
Part III: Why We Fight: Global Issues
Chapter 10. War: Tony Stark, Iron Man, and the Military-Industrial Complex
Chapter 11. Doomsday Clock: Nuclear Proliferation
Chapter 12. Lex Luthor and Victor von Doom: Global Inequality
Chapter 13. X-Men: Migrants and Refugees
Chapter 14. Climate Change: Aquaman in the Anthropocene
Chapter 15. Green Lantern: Battlefield Space
Part IV: The Players: Global Super-Powers and Subpowers
Chapter 16. The United States: Is Captain America Retiring?
Chapter 17. Wonder Woman: The EU’s Soft Power
Chapter 18. Emerging Countries: Welcome to Wakanda
Chapter 19. China: From Fu Manchu to Mandarin
Chapter 20. Is Russia Like the Hulk?
Chapter 21. Latin America's Eternal Return
Chapter 22. Epilogue: Bane's Facemask
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