: assemblage thinking and international relations Michele Acuto ; Simon Curtis creator Simon Curtis text International relations. New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan , 2014 monographic eng

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ix, 146 pages ; 23 cm What can 'assemblage' thinking contribute to the study of international relations theory? This study seeks to investigate how the various debates on assemblages in social theory can contribute to generating critical considerations on the connections and dissociation of political agency, physical world and international dynamics. Assemblage thinking and international relations -- The carpenter and the bricoleur -- Tracing global assemblages, bringing Bourdieu to the field -- Assemblages and the conduct of inquiry -- Cognitive assemblages and the production of knowledge -- Global assemblages and structural models of international relations -- Thinking assemblages methodologically : some rules of thumb -- Energizing the international -- Visual assemblages : from causality to conditions of possibility -- Security in action : how John Dewey can help us follow the production of security assemblages -- Welcome to the machine : rethinking technology through assemblage theory -- The other politics of assemblage -- Agencement and traces : a politics of ephemeral theorizing -- The assemblage and the intellectual-as-hero. /Michele Acuto Social Sciences 327.101 ACU 9781349480722 Brijwasi Book Distributors ;H-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi-110092 190813 20190813123110.0