A abordagem estética nas relações internacionais : reflexões sobre a apreciação do campo artístico-literário como uma alternativa crítica às tradições da área

Abstract

Regarding International Relations Theory, we find different theoretical and methodological approaches, which are based on the epistemic paths that represent the theorizing process of this area of Social Sciences. From a major perspective, the constitution of internationalist knowledge is sometimes restricted to certain paradigms linked to the traditions of the area, as is the case with the "dilemma of the international"; the one that imprisons IR within the concepts and approaches that trace back to its origins. In this sense, the authors of Critical Theory teach us that delimitations in the theoretical-methodological framework tend to constitute a restrictive knowledge, distant from any emancipatory process. Among challenges and problems, the aesthetic turn in International Relations represented an attempt to overcome the paradigms of the area, based on the proposition of a new approach. Nevertheless, this movement is not exempt from criticism. As thinkers of Critical Theory show us, whether those of the so-called Frankfurt School or those representing the field of Critical Pedagogy, a theory is only truly emancipatory if the intellectual, through theorization and praxis, proposes to encompass an ideological and political background in order to reach the roots of the problems and issues highlighted by art. With this objective, a genuinely critical aesthetic approach can be proposed to address one of the most important themes in International Relations: the Palestinian question. This work shows that this can be done through an appreciation of its artistic and literary field, more precisely, through the visual arts of Palestine.