Narrative Global Politics: Theory, History and the Personal in International Relations (Interventions)

'Scholars, blessed with the luxury of time to think and razor sharp minds with which to do it, often fail to deliver insights in a manner allowing critical ideas to come alive. Inayatullah and Dauphine have crystalized a new direction in academic writing. This turn is far from simply stylistic, and begins the process of resuscitating the important cultural beast that is academic writing. In fact, as we see, they allow that beast to dance with grace and clarity.' - Jane-Marie Law, Associate Professor, Religious Studies and Asian Studies, Cornell University, USA

'Narrative Global Politics offers a series of poignant and insightful essays that seek to locate the authors' own bodies and experiences in their work and in their world. These essays offer a glimpse of how we might begin to understand the web of identity, relationships, place, and power in which we exist. Both tender and discerning, Narrative Global Politics vividly explores the scholarly and personal work of being in relation.' - Catherine Taylor, Associate Professor, Ithaca College, USA

'Narrative Global Politics is an intervention in international relations that gives new meaning to the feminist mantra `the personal is political.' In a series of absorbing and often poignant essays, scholars and artists write about themselves and global politics. In the process, they simultaneously work toward and make a compelling case for new ways of understanding and acting on the self and the world.' - Lori Leonard, Associate Professor, Development Sociology, Cornell University, USA

'This is global politics rendered at its riveting best, a distinct art form incessantly peeling layers of the political. The hackneyed is out and a whole new aesthetic inaugurated.' - Siddharth Mallavarapu, Associate Professor & Chairperson, Department of International Relations, South Asian University

'Narrative Global Politics fills an important niche in the complex economy of (academic) desire. It not only stages new and illuminating encounters with others and ourselves, but also allows us to dive deeper into the narrative making of the `social' and the `self,' and its inexhaustible mystery.' - Erzsebet Strausz, Teaching fellow, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwickm UK