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Kenneth Waltz talks through Mark Rothko: Visual metaphors in the discipline of International Relations Theory
- Source :
- Semiotica
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2019.
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Abstract
- Semiotics constitutes an untapped and interdisciplinary source of enrichment for the discipline of International Relations (IR) theory. We propose two visual metaphors to that effect to interpret the figure depicting the central claim of structural realism (SR) offered by late Kenneth Waltz who is one of the most disputed, read, and inspiring IR theorists. The figure is the tenor of both metaphors. The vehicles are two paintings by Mark Rothko, namely, “Green and Tangerine on Red” and the “Number 14.” The metaphors generate innumerable meanings for the tenor and eliminate the criticism that SR is a static and an ahistorical theory. Thus, they benefit the Discipline characterised by academic cleavages on the meaning of theory, science, and production of knowledge.
- Subjects :
- 050101 languages & linguistics
Linguistics and Language
Literature and Literary Theory
Metaphor
International Relations (IR)
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05 social sciences
Art history
Rothko
06 humanities and the arts
Art
0603 philosophy, ethics and religion
Language and Linguistics
Structural Realism (SR)
060302 philosophy
Semiotics
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Waltz
International relations theory
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Details
- ISSN :
- 16133692 and 00371998
- Volume :
- 2019
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Semiotica
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....851a53bc58cd10b2282801b108659de7