The Security Principle
Author | : Frederic Gros |
Publisher | : Verso Books |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2019-08-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781784787172 |
ISBN-13 | : 1784787175 |
Rating | : 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Security Principle written by Frederic Gros and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea of security—from ancient Greece to the War on Terror In The Security Principle, French philosopher Frédéric Gros takes a historical approach to the concept of security, looking at its evolution from the Stoics to the social network. With lucidity and rigour, Gros’s approach is fourfold, looking at security as a mental state, as developed by the Greeks; as an objective situation and absence of all danger, as prevailed in the Middle Ages; as guaranteed by the nation-state and its trio of judiciary, police, and military; and finally biosecurity, control, regulation, and protection in the flux of contemporary society. In this deeply thought-provoking account, Gros’s exploration of security shines a light both on its past meanings and its present uses, exposing the contemporary abuses of security and the pervasiveness of it in everyday life in the Global North.