Security : : Politics, Humanity, and the Philology of Care / / John T. Hamilton.

From national security and social security to homeland and cyber-security, "security" has become one of the most overused words in culture and politics today. Yet it also remains one of the most undefined. What exactly are we talking about when we talk about security? In this original and...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Translation/Transnation ; 34
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part One. Preliminary Concerns
  • 1. Homo Curans
  • 2. Security Studies and Philology
  • 3. Handle with Care
  • Part Two. Etymologies and Figures
  • 4. A Brief Semantic History of Securitas
  • 5. The Pasture and the Garden
  • 6. Security on the Beach
  • 7. Tranquillity, Anger, and Caution
  • Part Three. Occupying Security
  • 8. Fortitude and Maternal Care
  • 9. Embarkations
  • 10. Lingua Homini Lupus
  • 11. Repercussions
  • 12. Revolution's Chances
  • 13. Vital Instabilities
  • 14. The Sorrow of Thinking
  • 15. Surveillance, Conspiracy, and the Nanny State
  • On the Main
  • Works Cited
  • Index
  • Backmatter