...The chapter explores the value of design thinking and abductive reasoning to political discourse; both enable us to see the world in less ideological and more nuanced ways. They also help us recognize the unintended consequences of poorly designed contemporary politics and the unseen connections...

...This chapter explores the ways a statist, developmental landscape are taken up in both Singaporean political and poetic discourses. It examines the political discourse of Lee Kuan Yew in contrast to the works of Thumboo and Arthur Yap. Thumboo’s national poetry demonstrates how a poetic aesthetic...

...This introductory chapter presents an aspect of Robert Bresson’s production that portrays him as an engaged, militant filmmaker, indicating the political discourse that emerged around his work. Bresson’s films provoked a political response precisely because of their incendiary, revolutionary...

...This chapter discusses how September 11 attacks generated a major transformation in the political discourse of modernity. Its discusses how significant number of political philosophers of the Right and the Left joined together and castigated Foucault and other critics of the Enlightenment...