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The Biopolitics of the War on Terror: Life Struggles, Liberal Modernity and the Defence of Logistical Societies
Hardback
Main Details
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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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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Julian Reid
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Series | Reappraising the Political |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:160 | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9780719074059
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Classifications | Dewey:363.3250973 320.01 |
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Audience | Undergraduate | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Manchester University Press
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Imprint |
Manchester University Press
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Publication Date |
31 December 2006 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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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 -- .
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