By Lauren B. Wilcox
According to Wilcox, such restricted wondering our bodies and violence is not only unsuitable, but in addition limits the potential of IR to theorize the which means of political violence. in contrast to rationalist and constructivist thought, feminist thought sees subjectivity and the physique as inextricably associated. This e-book argues that IR must reconsider its method of our bodies as having specific political which means of their personal correct. for instance, our bodies either direct violent acts (violence in drone battle, for instance) and are constituted by way of practices that deal with violence (for instance, scrutiny of individuals as our bodies via biometric applied sciences and physique scanners). The ebook additionally argues that violence is greater than a strategic motion of rational actors (as in rationalist theories) or a harmful violation of group legislation and norms (as in liberal and constructivist theories). simply because IR theorizes our bodies as outdoors of politics, it can't see how violence might be understood as an artistic strength for shaping the bounds of ways we comprehend ourselves as political topics, in addition to forming the bounds of our political communities.
By enticing with feminist theories of embodiment and violence, Bodies of Violence provides a extra nuanced therapy of the nexus of our bodies, topics and violence than presently exists within the box of foreign relations.
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