The sublime of the political : narrative and autoethnography as theory

"In an age of immediate and global exchange of information, the ability to theorize about political conditions remains largely an elite, technocratic, and esoteric enterprise. In this timely intervention, Dean Caivano and Sarah Naumes argue that storytelling in the form of narrative and autoethnography creates an emancipatory potential through its ability to theorize from below, welcoming marginalized and excluded voices. Drawing from the disciplines of political studies, philosophy and literary studies, this volume offers a new assessment of political texts through the lens of the sublime as a fertile terrain to challenge who can write and disseminate political ideas - and how"--Back cover

In an age of immediate and global exchange of information, the ability to theorize about political conditions remains largely an elite, technocratic, and esoteric enterprise. In this timely intervention, Dean Caivano and Sarah Naumes argue that storytelling in the form of narrative and autoethnography creates an emancipatory potential through its ability to theorize from below, welcoming marginalized and excluded voices. Drawing from the disciplines of political studies, philosophy and literary studies, this volume offers a new assessment of political texts through the lens of the sublime as a fertile terrain to challenge who can write and disseminate political ideas - and how.

Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Narrative and Autoethnography and its Emergence Within International Relations Scholarship Chapter 2: Rethinking Political Theory: Storytelling, The Political, and Pedagogy Chapter 3: A Genealogy of the Sublime Chapter 4: The Sublime Aesthetic of Narrative & Autoethnography Chapter 5: Vignettes of the Banal Postscript I Revisiting Vignettes of the Banal Bibliography