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Theory of world security /
What is real? What can we know? How might we act? This book sets out to answer these fundamental philosophical questions in a radical and original theory of security for our times. Arguing that the concept of security in world politics has long been imprisoned by conservative thinking, Ken Booth exp...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in international relations ;
105. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | What is real? What can we know? How might we act? This book sets out to answer these fundamental philosophical questions in a radical and original theory of security for our times. Arguing that the concept of security in world politics has long been imprisoned by conservative thinking, Ken Booth explores security as a precious instrumental value which gives individuals and groups the opportunity to pursue the invention of humanity rather than live determined and diminished lives. Booth suggests that human society globally is facing a set of converging historical crises. He looks to critical social theory and radical international theory to develop a comprehensive framework for understanding the historical challenges facing global business-as-usual and for planning to reconstruct a more cosmopolitan future. Theory of World Security is a challenge both to well-established ways of thinking about security and alternative approaches within critical security studies. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 489 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511378737 0511378734 9780511840210 0511840217 9780511376931 0511376936 1107174813 9781107174818 1281243272 9781281243270 9786611243272 6611243275 0511377843 9780511377846 0511375999 9780511375996 0511374496 9780511374494 |