States of political discourse [[electronic resource] ] : words, regimes, seditions / / Costas M. Constantinou

• Autore: Constantinou Costas M
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (210 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.1/01
• Soggetto topico: International relations - Philosophy; State, The
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-174) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Stasis, or the seditious state -- States, ethnocratic states, and states within -- Representations of sovereignty on the Himalayas -- Piracy, knight-errantry, statehood -- Poetics of security -- Diplomacy, grotesque realism, and Ottoman historiography -- NATO's caps -- Europa mythica -- Hippopolis/cynopolis -- Hypostasis.
• Sommario/riassunto: * How are states made possible, constructed in theory and practice, and what alternative possibilities are given up by conferring legitimacy on states?* How do 'reasons of state' appropriate and inform discourses of sovereignty, territoriality, historiography, diplomacy, security and community?* How can we employ language to challenge the problematic logics of international relations and imagine alternative ways of being with and relating to others?States of Political Discourse addresses these questions through a series of highly original and provocative essays that en
• Titolo autorizzato: States of political discourse
• ISBN: 1-280-17809-4; 0-203-36273-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451377103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New International Relations