Bodies of Violence Theorizing Embodied Subjects in International Relations |
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| Author:
| Wilcox, Lauren B. |
| Series title: | Oxford Studies in Gender and International Relations Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-938448-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2015 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $115.00 |
Book Description:
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According to conventional international relations theory, states or groups make war and, in doing so, kill and injure people that other states are charged with protecting. While it sees the perpetrators of violence as rational actors, it views those who are either protected or killed by this violence as mere bodies: ahistorical humans who breathe, suffer and die but have no particular political agency. By engaging with feminist theories of embodiment and violence, Bodies of Violence...
More DescriptionAccording to conventional international relations theory, states or groups make war and, in doing so, kill and injure people that other states are charged with protecting. While it sees the perpetrators of violence as rational actors, it views those who are either protected or killed by this violence as mere bodies: ahistorical humans who breathe, suffer and die but have no particular political agency. By engaging with feminist theories of embodiment and violence, Bodies of Violence provides a more nuanced treatment of the nexus of bodies, subjects and violence than currently exists in the field of international relations.