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The Biopolitics of the War on Terror: Life Struggles, Liberal Modernity and the Defence of Logistical Societies

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Main Details

Title The Biopolitics of the War on Terror: Life Struggles, Liberal Modernity and the Defence of Logistical Societies
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Julian Reid
SeriesReappraising the Political
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:160
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9780719074059
ClassificationsDewey:363.3250973 320.01
Audience
Undergraduate
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 31 December 2006
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This is a book which completely overturns existing understandings of the origins and futures of the War on Terror for the purposes of International Relations theory. As the author shows, this is not a war in defence of the integrity of human life against an enemy defined simply by a contradictory will for the destruction of human life as commonly supposed by its liberal advocates. It is a war over the political constitution of life in which the limitations of liberal accounts of humanity are being put to the test if not rejected outright. Seeking a way out of this conflict must in turn mean learning to question the limits of existing understandings of what constitutes human life and its political potentialities. The pursuit of such a line of questioning is integral to the biopolitical analysis developed in this book. -- .

Author Biography

Julian Reid is Lecturer in International Relations at King's College London -- .