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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786279103321

Autore

Steele Brent J.

Titolo

Alternative accountabilities in global politics : the scars of violence / / Brent J. Steele

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-17927-5

0-203-08244-3

1-299-16080-8

1-136-17928-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Interventions

Disciplina

327.1/17

Soggetti

International relations - Moral and ethical aspects

War - Moral and ethical aspects

Political violence - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Alternative Accountabilities in Global Politics The scars of violence; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The account of the scar: theory and methods; 2 Towards a politics of exteriority; 3 The body's resistance: anthrobiological scars; 4 The spaces around us: architectural and landscape scarring; Conclusion: from elegy to creation; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In fields such as politics, international relations, public administration and international law, there is a rapidly growing interest in the topic of 'accountability'. In this innovative new work, Steele shows how we might recognize how an alternative form of accountability in global politics has been present for some time, and that, furthermore, this form's continued presence remains one of the most politically powerful, if not endurable, possibilities for resistance in the near future. This book argues that the physical and visually shocking outcomes of violence found on the bodies