Daniel H. Nexon is assistant professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University. Iver B. Neumann is associate professor of Russian studies at Oslo University and research professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.

This accessible and original volume will challenge both Harry Potter fans and students of world politics to think more deeply and critically about different forms of engagement between popular culture and world politics. Drawing on 'enjoyable evidence' from the Harry Potter universe, this diverse yet coherent collection of essays draws on one of western culture’s quintessential commercial mega-texts to demonstrate that our understanding of world politics can be significantly and agreeably expanded by delving into the riches of popular culture.

• Chapter 1 Harry Potter and the Study of World PoliticsPart 2 I GlobalizationChapter 3 Producing Harry Potter: Why the Medium Is Still the MessageChapter 4 Global Hero: Harry Potter AbroadChapter 5 Foreign Yet Familiar: International Politics and the Reception of Potter in Turkey and SwedenChapter 6 Children's Crusade: The Religious Politics of Harry PotterPart 7 II Conflict and WarfareChapter 8 Conflict and the Nation-State: Magical Mirrors of Mugglesand Refracted ImagesChapter 9 Quidditch, Imperialism, and the Sport-War IntertextPart 10 III Geography and MythChapter 11 Naturalizing Geography: Harry Potter and the Realms of Muggles, Magic Folks, and GiantsChapter 12 The Fantasy of Realism, or Mythology as MethodologyPart 13 IV PedagogyChapter 14 Dumbledore's Pedagogy: Knowledge and Virtue at Hogwarts

Daniel H. Nexon is assistant professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University. Iver B. Neumann is associate professor of Russian studies at Oslo University and research professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.

This accessible and original volume will challenge both Harry Potter fans and students of world politics to think more deeply and critically about different forms of engagement between popular culture and world politics. Drawing on 'enjoyable evidence' from the Harry Potter universe, this diverse yet coherent collection of essays draws on one of western culture’s quintessential commercial mega-texts to demonstrate that our understanding of world politics can be significantly and agreeably expanded by delving into the riches of popular culture.

• Chapter 1 Harry Potter and the Study of World PoliticsPart 2 I GlobalizationChapter 3 Producing Harry Potter: Why the Medium Is Still the MessageChapter 4 Global Hero: Harry Potter AbroadChapter 5 Foreign Yet Familiar: International Politics and the Reception of Potter in Turkey and SwedenChapter 6 Children's Crusade: The Religious Politics of Harry PotterPart 7 II Conflict and WarfareChapter 8 Conflict and the Nation-State: Magical Mirrors of Mugglesand Refracted ImagesChapter 9 Quidditch, Imperialism, and the Sport-War IntertextPart 10 III Geography and MythChapter 11 Naturalizing Geography: Harry Potter and the Realms of Muggles, Magic Folks, and GiantsChapter 12 The Fantasy of Realism, or Mythology as MethodologyPart 13 IV PedagogyChapter 14 Dumbledore's Pedagogy: Knowledge and Virtue at Hogwarts

Daniel H. Nexon is assistant professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University. Iver B. Neumann is associate professor of Russian studies at Oslo University and research professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.

This accessible and original volume will challenge both Harry Potter fans and students of world politics to think more deeply and critically about different forms of engagement between popular culture and world politics. Drawing on 'enjoyable evidence' from the Harry Potter universe, this diverse yet coherent collection of essays draws on one of western culture’s quintessential commercial mega-texts to demonstrate that our understanding of world politics can be significantly and agreeably expanded by delving into the riches of popular culture.

• Chapter 1 Harry Potter and the Study of World PoliticsPart 2 I GlobalizationChapter 3 Producing Harry Potter: Why the Medium Is Still the MessageChapter 4 Global Hero: Harry Potter AbroadChapter 5 Foreign Yet Familiar: International Politics and the Reception of Potter in Turkey and SwedenChapter 6 Children's Crusade: The Religious Politics of Harry PotterPart 7 II Conflict and WarfareChapter 8 Conflict and the Nation-State: Magical Mirrors of Mugglesand Refracted ImagesChapter 9 Quidditch, Imperialism, and the Sport-War IntertextPart 10 III Geography and MythChapter 11 Naturalizing Geography: Harry Potter and the Realms of Muggles, Magic Folks, and GiantsChapter 12 The Fantasy of Realism, or Mythology as MethodologyPart 13 IV PedagogyChapter 14 Dumbledore's Pedagogy: Knowledge and Virtue at Hogwarts