Corporeal Capitalism: The Body in International Political Economy

Smith, Nicola; Lee, Donna

Abstract

This themed section takes as its starting point the premise that the body matters in International Political Economy (IPE) and presents four original articles that support and illustrate this ontologically critical and, perhaps, provocative position. Although feminist scholarship has undoubtedly gained a place at the table in IPE, it is curious that one of the most important concerns, and contributions, of feminist IPE—that global capitalism is marked upon, and forged through, bodies—has not emerged as a major preoccupation for the discipline more broadly. In what follows we present what we believe is a strong corrective to that inattention and, in so doing, we hope to begin to set out an exploratory agenda for the body to be both foundational and fundamental to contemporary IPE.

Citation

Smith, N., & Lee, D. (2015). Corporeal Capitalism: The Body in International Political Economy. Global Society, 29(1), 64-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600826.2014.976608

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Nov 21, 2014
• Publication Date: Jan 2, 2015
• Deposit Date: May 31, 2023
• Journal: Global Society
• Print ISSN: 1360-0826
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-798X
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 64-69
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13600826.2014.976608
• Keywords: Geography, Planning and Development; Global and Planetary Change
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