The Prison as Metaphor

Re-Imagining International Relations

Michael P. Marks (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

229 Seiten

2004
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-6839-6 (ISBN)

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Whether wittingly or unwittingly, scholars of international relations have peppered the field with a wide range of metaphors that serve as vehicles for theorizing about world affairs. Yet as pervasive as metaphors are in international relations theory, theorists’ efforts to employ metaphorical imagery to suggest new ways of thinking have been haphazard and sporadic. In this book, Michael P. Marks suggests a new metaphor with which to conceptualize international relations: the modern prison. Many of the same questions that are asked about the so-called «anarchy» of the international system are also frequently asked of life among prison inmates. Marks finds that lessons from inmate relations can be applied to the study of international affairs. This comparison between the prison and international relations reveals how the construction of human interaction in both realms is infinitely complex.

«This imaginative book offers an original argument about the power of metaphorical reasoning. Michael P. Marks shows with great creativity how much conventional international relations theory misses when it views its subject through the prism of ‘the prison’. This is an unusually creative and thought-provoking book.» (Peter J. Katzenstein, Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies, Cornell University)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.1.2004
Reihe/Serie	Studies in International Relations ; 1
Reihe/Serie	Studies in International Relations ; 1
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	340 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-8204-6839-8 / 0820468398
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-6839-6 / 9780820468396
Zustand	Neuware