Insecurity Grusin Richard
Investigating insecurity as the predominant logic of life in the present momentChallenging several key concepts of the twenty-first century, including precarity, securitization, and resilience, this…
Specifikacia Insecurity Grusin Richard
Investigating insecurity as the predominant logic of life in the present momentChallenging several key concepts of the twenty-first century, including precarity, securitization, and resilience, this collection explores the concept of insecurity as a predominant logic governing recent cultural, economic, political, and social life in the West. The essays illuminate how attempts to make human and nonhuman systems secure and resilient end up having the opposite effect, making insecurity the default state of life today.Unique in its wide disciplinary breadth and variety of topics and methodological approaches--from intellectual history and cultural critique to case studies, qualitative ethnography, and personal narrative--Insecurity is written predominantly from the viewpoint of the United States. The contributors' analyses include the securitization of