Description: The idea of security—from ancient Greece to the War on Terror
In The Security Principle, French philosopher Frédéric Gros takes a historical approach to the concept of security, looking at its evolution from the Stoics to the social network. With lucidity and rigour, Gros’s approach is fourfold, looking at security as a mental state, as developed by the Greeks; as an objective situation and absence of all danger, as prevailed in the Middle Ages; as guaranteed by the nation-state and its trio of judiciary, police, and military; and finally biosecurity, control, regulation, and protection in the flux of contemporary society. In this deeply thought-provoking account, Gros’s exploration of security shines a light both on its past meanings and its present uses, exposing the contemporary abuses of security and the pervasiveness of it in everyday life in the Global North.
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Narrative Type: book
Type: book
Intended Audience: General/trade
Book Title: Security Principle : from Serenity to Regulation
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Verso Books
Item Height: 0.6 in
Topic: Terrorism, History & Theory, Political, Movements / Critical Theory, Security (National & International)
Publication Year: 2019
Genre: Philosophy, Political Science
Item Weight: 9 Oz
Author: Frederic Gros
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
