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The poetics of fear : a human response to human security /
The Poetics of Fear looks at how fear is used forpolitical purposes, focusing on the binary logic of "this is the way thingsare, and there is nothing (else) you can do about it"--A logic thatunderlies the realist tradition in international relations theory. The Shield of Achilles from Home...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Continuum,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Poetics of Fear looks at how fear is used forpolitical purposes, focusing on the binary logic of "this is the way thingsare, and there is nothing (else) you can do about it"--A logic thatunderlies the realist tradition in international relations theory. The Shield of Achilles from Homer's Iliad is used as metaphoricalanalysis to look at what the politics of fear is, how it works, and how it canbe resisted. It aims to provide a human response to human security matters. The work first shows how the Shield works to paralyze its audience. How can itbe resisted? One response is to offer a war |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 217 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781441119230 144111923X 1282710109 9781282710108 9786612710100 6612710101 9781501301735 150130173X 9781441155566 1441155562 |