Unraveling the Spatio-Political-Aesthetic Relationship

A Literary Geographical Approach

Authors

  • Mon Madomitsu The University of Tokyo

Keywords:

aestheitcs, art, geopolitics, political discourse

Abstract

This short article aim to open up the conversations between aesthetics, geopolitics, and literary geography in order to deconstruct essentialism in geopolitics. First, the relationship between geopolitics and aesthetics as a particular way of ‘seeing’ is identified through reference to some of the classical geopolitical writings. Second, Carl Schmitt's Land and Sea is introduced as an example case that analyzes literary works as representing a particular way of ‘seeing’ space. Finally, the article discusses how a literary geographical approach to the spatio-political-aesthetic analysis contributes to the deconstruction of essentialism in geopolitical discourse.

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Published

2024-10-30

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2024)

Section

Thinking Space

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