Antidiplomacy [Paperback]

James Der Derian (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 155786344X | ISBN-13: 978-1557863447 | Publication Date: November 10, 1992 | Edition: 1

This book plots a trajectory from the beginning of the Second Cold war to the end of the Gulf War, to show how new global forms and representatives of spying, speed, and terror have both fortified the national security state and generated an antidiplomacy. Because the new technologies of power behind antidiplomacy are transparent and pervasive, through the exchange of signs not goods, they have proven to be resistant if not invisible to the traditional methods of International Relations.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Welcome addition to the area of international theory, from an original author." International Affairs

"James Der Derian is one of the most interesting and arresting voices in American international political theory. His first book, published in 1987 and entitled On Diplomacy, was one of the hallmarks of the arrival of poststructural methodology in international political theory and an original, powerful contribution to it. Provides us with an excellent series of interconnected essays in a poststructural mode. He is never less than interesting and provocative and that, surely, is a powerful reason for appreciating his vision." Political Studies

"Der Derian is an intellectual provocateur. Antidiplomacy breaks new ground, creating what amounts to an alternative genre for the study of International Relations. This book will unsettle and disturb many readers - for Der Derian aims to generate debate rather than to cry 'peace, peace' where there is no peace." Jean Bethke Elshtain, Vanderbilt University

"Der Derian has written a daring and challenging text. It sharpens one's ability to hear the hollow sounds emanating from late-modern idols of security, sovereignty, rationality, and method; it spurs one to give voice to possibilities these idols prohibit." William E. Connolly, The Johns Hopkins University

From the Back Cover

This book plots a trajectory from the beginning of the Second Cold War to the end of the Gulf War, to show how new global forms and representations of spying, speed, and terror have both fortified the national security state and generated an antidiplomacy. Because the new technologies of power behind antidiplomacy are transparent and pervasive, through the exchange of signs not goods, they have proven to be resistant if not invisible to the traditional methods of International Relations.

Inspired by the work of Nietzsche, Bakhtin, Barthes, Foucault, Baudrillard, Virilio, and other late modern thinkers, the author presents the case for a poststructuralist approach to world politics, to help us understand how these new technological and strategic practices have come to mediate and often dominate our relations with others in a changing world order.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (November 10, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 155786344X
• ISBN-13: 978-1557863447
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,206,073 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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