Geoffrey Whitehall
Biographic Data
| ID | 3047584 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Geoffrey Whitehall |
| GIVEN NAMES | Geoffrey |
| FAMILY NAME | Whitehall |
| SIGNATURE | WHITEHALL G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Acadia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7649-7795 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
When They Fight Back’
Since humanity is no longer the epistemological, ontological, or moral measure of all things, then (how) should international political theorists rethink animal politics? The archive ‘When They Fight Back’ records incidences of when animals ‘fought back’. It explores ways of conceptualising resistance and the implications of broadening the concept to include non-human actors via three findings: (1) Animal conflicts are everywhere and classifying …
The biopolitical aesthetic
In this article I argue that the biopolitical aesthetic can be explored through various anxious tensions between politicization of life and the necessity of killing. I read five films (Gattaca, Children of Men, Valhalla Rising, Sin Nombre, and Essential Killing) in order to cultivate four exemplary tensions: one, Kill or be Killed; two, Kill to Live More; three, Live More to Kill; and finally, four, Kill and be Killed. I conclude by asking whethe…
The international aesthetic of the Yasukuni Jinja and Yûshûkan Museum
I The Yasukuni Jinja (a shrine in the heart of Tokyo) is a controversial site in the Asia-Pacific region.Togetherwith theYûshûkan (its accompanyingmuseum), thesesitesareillustrativeofthetensionbetweentechniqueandworld.Thecontroversy that theypresent results, in large part, from the fact thatYasukuni is wherethespiritsofJapaneseWarDeadareenshrinedinordertohonoranindividual’ssacrificetothenation…
Preemptive Sovereignty and Avian Pandemics
Preemptive Sovereignty and Avian Pandemics Geoffrey Whitehall (bio) This paper is an exploration of the thesis that preemption has recuperated the faltering logic of sovereignty. In this recuperative sense, preemption redeems the image of modern state sovereignty while becoming the new governing logic or decision-making process. Whereas the decision making process of sovereignty tends to be organized around a spatial practice (the exception) pree…
Opening Global Politics
Journal Article Opening Global Politics: A New Introduction? Get access Geoffrey Whitehall, Geoffrey Whitehall Acadia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Rachel K. Brickner Rachel K. Brickner Acadia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Studies Perspectives, Volume 10, Issue 2, May 2009, Pages 216–223, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-3585.20…
Towards a Genealogy of Cinema
Towards a Genealogy of Cinema: An Amplification Geoffrey Whitehall (bio) Jacques Rancière Film Fables, Translated by Emiliano Battista, New York: Berg, 2006. 196 pages. PB. HC. ISBN 1 84520 168 X Refreshingly, Jacques Rancière’s Film Fables does not repeat a conventional history of film; rather, it politicizes cinema in such a way as to gain a better sense of the tensions and contradictions of contemporary life. The text successfully abandons the…
Musical Modulations of Political Thought
Wandering Grounds
Wandering Grounds
The biopolitical aesthetic
In this article I argue that the biopolitical aesthetic can be explored through various anxious tensions between politicization of life and the necessity of killing. I read five films (Gattaca, Children of Men, Valhalla Rising, Sin Nombre, and Essential Killing) in order to cultivate four exemplary tensions: one, Kill or be Killed; two, Kill to Live More; three, Live More to Kill; and finally, four, Kill and be Killed. I conclude by asking whethe…
Wandering Grounds
Musical Modulations of Political Thought
Towards a Genealogy of Cinema
Towards a Genealogy of Cinema: An Amplification Geoffrey Whitehall (bio) Jacques Rancière Film Fables, Translated by Emiliano Battista, New York: Berg, 2006. 196 pages. PB. HC. ISBN 1 84520 168 X Refreshingly, Jacques Rancière’s Film Fables does not repeat a conventional history of film; rather, it politicizes cinema in such a way as to gain a better sense of the tensions and contradictions of contemporary life. The text successfully abandons the…
Opening Global Politics
Journal Article Opening Global Politics: A New Introduction? Get access Geoffrey Whitehall, Geoffrey Whitehall Acadia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Rachel K. Brickner Rachel K. Brickner Acadia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Studies Perspectives, Volume 10, Issue 2, May 2009, Pages 216–223, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-3585.20…
Preemptive Sovereignty and Avian Pandemics
Preemptive Sovereignty and Avian Pandemics Geoffrey Whitehall (bio) This paper is an exploration of the thesis that preemption has recuperated the faltering logic of sovereignty. In this recuperative sense, preemption redeems the image of modern state sovereignty while becoming the new governing logic or decision-making process. Whereas the decision making process of sovereignty tends to be organized around a spatial practice (the exception) pree…
The international aesthetic of the Yasukuni Jinja and Yûshûkan Museum
I The Yasukuni Jinja (a shrine in the heart of Tokyo) is a controversial site in the Asia-Pacific region.Togetherwith theYûshûkan (its accompanyingmuseum), thesesitesareillustrativeofthetensionbetweentechniqueandworld.Thecontroversy that theypresent results, in large part, from the fact thatYasukuni is wherethespiritsofJapaneseWarDeadareenshrinedinordertohonoranindividual’ssacrificetothenation…
The biopolitical aesthetic
In this article I argue that the biopolitical aesthetic can be explored through various anxious tensions between politicization of life and the necessity of killing. I read five films (Gattaca, Children of Men, Valhalla Rising, Sin Nombre, and Essential Killing) in order to cultivate four exemplary tensions: one, Kill or be Killed; two, Kill to Live More; three, Live More to Kill; and finally, four, Kill and be Killed. I conclude by asking whethe…
When They Fight Back’
Since humanity is no longer the epistemological, ontological, or moral measure of all things, then (how) should international political theorists rethink animal politics? The archive ‘When They Fight Back’ records incidences of when animals ‘fought back’. It explores ways of conceptualising resistance and the implications of broadening the concept to include non-human actors via three findings: (1) Animal conflicts are everywhere and classifying …
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