Geopolitics and the Event: Rethinking Britain's Iraq War Through Art (RGS-IBG Book Series)

An original exploration of the 2003 Iraq war and geopolitics more broadly through the prism of art. Offers a reappraisal of one of the most contentious and consequential events of the early twenty-first century Advances an original perspective on BritainÆs role in the 2003 invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq Maps out new ways of thinking about geopolitical events through art Examines the work of artists, curators and activists in light of BritainÆs role as a colonial power in Iraq and the importance of oil Reflects on the significance, limits and dilemmas of art as a form of critical intervention Questions the implications of art in colonialism and modernity

• | Author: Alan Ingram
• | Publisher: Wiley
• | Publication Date: Aug 19, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 234 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Science
• | ISBN-10: 1119426006
• | ISBN-13: 9781119426004