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Security : Politics, Humanity, and the Philology of Care /

From national security and social security to homeland and cyber-security, ""security"" has become one of the most overused words in culture and politics today. Yet it also remains one of the most undefined. What exactly are we talking about when we talk about security? In this o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hamilton, John T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:From national security and social security to homeland and cyber-security, ""security"" has become one of the most overused words in culture and politics today. Yet it also remains one of the most undefined. What exactly are we talking about when we talk about security? In this original and timely book, John Hamilton examines the discursive versatility and semantic vagueness of security both in current and historical usage. Adopting a philological approach, he explores the fundamental ambiguity of this word, which denotes the removal of "concern" or "care" and therefore implies a condition that is either carefree or careless
Descripción Física:1 online resource (336 pages).
ISBN:9781400846474