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Security in the Anthropocene : reflections on safety and care /

The belief that "Nature" exists as a blank, stable stage upon which humans act out tragic performances of international relations is no longer tenable. In a world defined by human action, we must reorient our understanding of ourselves, of our environment, and our security. This book consi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Harrington, Cameron (Autor), Shearing, Clifford, 1942- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcipt Verlag, 2017.
Colección:Edition Politik ; Bd. 30.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Note on Authorship
  • Preface
  • Chapter One: Security in the Anthropocene
  • Bringing deep time into security
  • The Pleistocene
  • The Holocene
  • The Anthropocene
  • Security in the Anthropocene
  • Chapter Two: More-Than-Human Worlds
  • Lineages
  • The return of the Great Man Posthuman security
  • Safety politics in the posthuman age
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter Three: Postnatural Security
  • Creating nature
  • Nature as purity
  • Nature as instrumental value
  • Nature as threat
  • Niche construction and postnatural security Conclusion
  • Chapter Four: The Horizon of Holocene Security
  • Confronting the new Human Age: securitization and the horizon of Holocene Security
  • Reading Schmitt in the Anthropocene
  • The dawn of Anthropocene security
  • Conclusion Chapter Five: Towards a Security of Care in the Anthropocene
  • The impossible past
  • Can security be careful?
  • Care and the Anthropocene
  • The limits of care
  • Risk and uncertainty
  • Towards a micro-politics of care
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter Six: Conclusions Constructing the World
  • Defenses and new directions
  • Omissions and critiques
  • Future directions
  • References