Why not take seriously the claim that Harry Potter's world intertwines with our own? In this timely yet otherworldly volume, more than a dozen scholars of international relations join hands to demonstrate how this well-loved artifact of popular culture reflects and shapes our own lifeworld. A wide range of historical and sociological sources shows how Harry's world contains aspects of our own. Practices such as quidditch dovetail quite clearly with 'muggle' sports, and the very British-ness of the books has, in translation into languages such as Turkish and Arabic, been transformed to reflect these unique cultures. Chapters on the political economy of the franchise as well as the scholarly problems of studying popular culture frame what is essentially a highly info-taining read.

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.

Chapter 1 Harry Potter and the Study of World Politics
Part 2 I Globalization
Chapter 3 Producing Harry Potter: Why the Medium Is Still the Message
Chapter 4 Global Hero: Harry Potter Abroad
Chapter 5 Foreign Yet Familiar: International Politics and the Reception of Potter in Turkey and Sweden
Chapter 6 Children's Crusade: The Religious Politics ofHarry Potter
Part 7 II Conflict and Warfare
Chapter 8 Conflict and the Nation-State: Magical Mirrors of Mugglesand Refracted Images
Chapter 9 Quidditch, Imperialism, and the Sport-War Intertext
Part 10 III Geography and Myth
Chapter 11 Naturalizing Geography: Harry Potter and the Realms of Muggles, Magic Folks, and Giants
Chapter 12 The Fantasy of Realism, or Mythology as Methodology
Part 13 IV Pedagogy
Chapter 14 Dumbledore's Pedagogy: Knowledge and Virtue at Hogwarts