The article focuses on the image the discipline of International Relations (IR) projects of itself via visuals, particularly the image of chess on IR book covers. It points out the corroborative and critical role that images can play in defining the way we see IR. The article underlines particular features of visual metaphors, first pointing out their role in the epistemological process, and second, highlighting their capacity for voicing an expressive and captivating critique of the social world, which is enabled by the template they offer, a template that may be distorted and manipulated for expressing criticism. Finally, the article reflects on the image chess conveys about expectations of the kind of knowledge IR as a discipline could provide for “mastering” the world and identifying a winning strategy. Here, the image of chess is compared to insights offered by Clausewitz’s pendulum.

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IR 投射什么图像？国际象棋，IR 的视觉隐喻

本文重点介绍国际关系 (IR) 学科通过视觉效果本身的形象，尤其是国际关系书籍封面上的国际象棋形象。它指出了图像在定义我们看待 IR 的方式方面可以发挥的佐证和关键作用。这篇文章强调了视觉隐喻的特殊特征，首先指出了它们在认识论过程中的作用，其次，强调了它们对社会世界发表富有表现力和引人入胜的批判的能力，这是由它们提供的模板实现的，一个模板可以被扭曲和操纵以表达批评。最后，文章反映了国际象棋所传达的形象，即对 IR 作为一门学科可以提供“掌握”世界并确定获胜策略的知识的期望。这里，