Theater of State: A Dramaturgy of the United Nations

ISBN-13: 9780810141124 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 224 str.

James Ball

Spis treści

• Acknowledgments
• 1. Introduction: "Big Heart, Tiny Legs I Guess"
• A Dramaturgy of International Institutions
• Performing in a Theater of States
• 2. "Purpose is but the Slave to Memory"
• Narrative and History in the Security Council
• Hamlet in the Security Council
• The Security Council in Stuff Happens
• 3. "To Be Seen is to Be Doomed"
• The Force of Spectatorship in UN Peacekeeping
• The UN Interim Force in Lebanon and In a Kingdom by the Sea
• The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ruined
• Spectatorship and Global Governmentality        
• 4. "The World of the Rulers is the World of the Spectacle"
• Time and Reiteration in Diplomatic Speech
• An Unfolding Present: Fun Home on Broadway
• Insurrectionary Speech
• Cyclical Time: Obama's Disarmament Summit
• 5. "To Receive an Impression is to Make an Impression"
• Clapping Along with the Secretary-General
• International Happiness Day
• New Year's Concert of the 67th Session of the General Assembly
• 6. "Between One Person and Another"
• Interfacing with Institutions at the International Criminal Court
• The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo
• The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
• Crossing Lines v. The International Criminal Court
• 7. "No More Than a Piece of Paper"
• The Written Word in a Theater of States
• Transcript
• [Brackets]
• Model
• 8. Epilogue: "On Notice" and "Taking Names"
• Bibliography
• Notes