Michael J. Shapiro is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawaii.

• 1. Philosophy, Method and the Arts 2. The Moralized Economy in Hard Times 3. The Blues Subject: Counter-Memory, Genre, and Space 4. Zones of Justice: A Philo-Poetic Engagement 5. For an anti-Fascist Aesthetics 6. The Micropolitics of Justice: Language, Sense and Space 7. A Continuing Violent Cartography: From Guadalupe Hidalgo to Contemporary Border Crossings 8. The Presence of War: "Here and Elsewhere"

'Through an exploration of an incredibly diverse set of aesthetic subjects using an equally impressive range of philosophical theories, Shapiro aims to gain deeper understanding of issues that are not only thought provoking, but relevant to many students, scholars and practitioners of International Relations.' - Rhys Crilley, e-International Relations, December 2012'Shapiro’s post-hermeneutic approach to method shows how "writing and critical thinking are radically entangled". While creatively resisting appropriative understanding he challenges partisan or identity politics by depriving the present of its necessity'. - Luis Lobo-Guerrero, Reader in International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London'A brilliant reflection on ‘aesthetic subjects’ and the trans-disciplinary practice of critique from one of the finest minds in political theory.' - Ritu Vij, Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen, UK