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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Claudia Aradau (Open University) , Rens Van MunsterPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.520kg ISBN: 9780415498098ISBN 10: 0415498090 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 04 May 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Securing Catastrophic Futures 3. Conjectures of Catastrophe: ‘The Next Terrorist Attack’ 4. Economies of Catastrophe 5. Imagining Catastrophes 6. Aesthetics of Catastrophe 7. Catastrophe, Exception, Event 8. ConclusionReviews<p> This book advances our understanding of the complex and often paradoxical terrain of the catastrophe as a field of knowledge and target of anticipatory governance. In doing so, its authors stand at the forefront of new thinking about contemporary regimes of security, power and governmentality. - Mitchell Dean, Macquarie University, Australia Author InformationClaudia Aradau is Lecturer in International Studies and Research Director of the Securities Programme, Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance at The Open University. She is the author of Rethinking Trafficking in Women: Politics out of Security. Rens van Munster is Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). He is the author of Securitizing Immigration: The Politics of Risk in the EU. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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