Politics and Time

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-5095-0780-1
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Catastrophic events like the bombing of Hiroshima, Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of New Orleans, and drone strikes periodically achieve renewed political significance as subsequent developments summon them back to public awareness. But why and how do different conceptions of time inform and challenge these key events and the narratives they create?
In this book, Michael J. Shapiro provides an approach to politics and time that unsettles official collective histories by introducing analyses of lived experience articulated in cinematic, televisual, musical, and literary genres. His investigation is framed by questions of our responsibility to acknowledge those victims of violence and catastrophe who have failed to rise above the threshold of public recognition. Ultimately, by focusing on time as an active force shaping our conception of political life, we can deepen our understanding of complex political dynamics and improve the theories and methods we rely on to interpret them.
This bold and original book will be of interest to students and scholars of political theory, cultural studies and cinema studies looking for a new perspective on the temporal aspects of political life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shapiro, Michael J

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Critical Temporalities: Thinking the Event
Chapter 2: Hiroshima Temporalities
Chapter 3: Hurricane Katrina’s Bio-Temporalities
Chapter 4: Keeping Time: The Rhythms of Work and the Arts of Resistance
Chapter 5: “Fictions of Time”: Necro-Biographies

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Shapiro is Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawai’i. His 2014 Polity book ‘War Crimes, Atrocity and Justice’ was awarded the 2015 Easton Prize for political theory by the American Political Science Association.