Writing the Self and Transforming Knowledge in International Relations

This insightful exploration reveals how Writing the Self and Transforming Knowledge in International Relations redefines knowledge through experimental writing, challenging traditional academic norms.

This book delves into the everyday knowledge practices within International Relations (IR) scholarship, focusing on the innovative potential of experimental writing. It presents this form of writing as a valuable alternative source of knowledge and political imagination, particularly relevant in the context of modern universities and the prevailing structures of neoliberal governance. By emphasizing the importance of writing as a site of resistance, the book aims to highlight its transformative power, which is deeply rooted in reflexivity, self-crafting, and an ethos of care.

Writing the Self and Transforming Knowledge in International Relations seeks to cultivate new sensibilities that challenge habitual academic practices. It reclaims the art of writing to envision and enact what it means to engage with the discipline of IR while navigating the familiar spaces of academic life in a different manner. Through the practice of experimental writing, the book makes a significant methodological contribution to conventional social scientific inquiry, addressing the politics of writing, knowledge production, and the researcher's role in these processes.

The formal innovations presented in the book include the creative reinterpretation of the Foucaultian ‘experience book’ genre, which aims to disrupt scholarly routines and offer fresh experiences and perspectives on knowledge and the concept of the ‘knowing subject’ in contemporary society. This work will resonate with researchers interested in critical and creative research methods, Foucault studies, philosophy, and critical approaches to contemporary governance and resistance.