ABSTRACT
The realm of art and of aesthetics may seem a world away from that of global politics. The study of aesthetics is the study of taste and beauty and how together they awaken in us a certain affective sensibility. Global politics, by contrast, is dominated by hard power and military might. Or is it really so? In the past three decades, there have been conscious efforts to challenge these assumptions and approach the study of global politics with an aesthetic sensibility. How can insights derived from art help us rethink the realities of global politics? And what do such engagements tell us about the gendered dimensions of the international and its various political manifestations?
