Anxiety, humour and (geo)politics: warfare by other memes

• Published in: International relations (London) Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 172 - 179
• Main Authors: Browning, Christopher S, Brassett, James
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.03.2023; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Anxiety; Geopolitics; Humor; anxiety; anxiety geopolitics; Covid; ontological security; humour

Humour is usually overlooked in analyses of international politics, this despite its growing prevalence and circulation in an increasingly mediatised world, with this neglect also evident in the growing literature on ontological security and anxiety in IR. Humour, though, needs to be taken seriously...