Deconstructing International Politics [Paperback]

Michael Dillon is internationally regarded for his contributions by political philosophers, international relations scholars and security studies experts, as well as by philosophers more broadly. It is difficult to overrate his importance to the development of critical deconstructive approaches not only in challenging traditional scholarship and addressing contemporary politics, but in articulating new approaches and new thinking.

This book draws together some of his key works and is framed by an introduction written specially for the volume. It is the first full-length work to draw on the insights and techniques of deconstruction to analyse international relations. Influenced primarily by Derrida, it critiques the cornerstones of international relations such as modernity, the state, the subject, security and ethics and justice.

This volume will provide an invaluable resource for teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels on traditional international relations courses and on the increasing number of specialised courses in critical approaches. Well designed and structured, it is accessible to the novice as well as challenging for the specialist.

1. Introduction  2. Modernity, Security and Deterrence  3. Signifying Power  4. The Scandal of the Refugee  5. The Sovereign and the Stranger  6. Another Justice  7. Deconstructing the Military Body  8. Transformation  9. Violence, the Messianic and the Tragic  10. Lethal Freedom. Divine Violence and the Machiavellian Moment

Deconstructing International Politics represents a journey of sustained scholarship and political thought at the highest level. Prepare to be dazzled anew by the tour de force of Dillon's unique treatment of the philosophy of international politics. From the refashioning of military bodies in-formation to Derrida's intractable aporia, the analysis in this collectionlãb