Liam P. D. Stockdale

Taming an Uncertain Future

Temporality, Sovereignty, and the Politics of Anticipatory Governance

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines the intersection between temporality, futurity, and the political in contemporary society by exploring how the imperative to govern an uncertain future affects the way political power is organized and exercised.

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Produktdetails

• Future Perfect: Images of the Time to Come in Philosophy, Politics and Cultural Studies
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9781783485000
• ISBN-10: 1783485000
• Artikelnr.: 42810588

Autorenporträt

Liam Stockdale is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition at McMaster University, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Temporality, Futurity, and the Political
Part I
2. The Politics of Temporal Control
3. "To Kill Him Who is Making Ready to Kill": The Anticipatory Governance of (In)security
Part II
4. Anticipatory Political Timescapes
5. Pre-emptive Security and the Politics of Exceptionalism
6. Precarious Subjectivities, Drone Warfare, Autoimmunity
7. Conclusion: Anticipatory Governance, Liberal Democracy, and the Politics of the Future
Bibliography
About the Author
Index