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The Security Principle

The Security Principle

From Serenity to Regulation

by Frederic Gros
Hardback
Publication Date: 13/08/2019

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In The Security Principle, French philosopher Frederic 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 as well as its present uses, exposing the contemporary abuses of security and the pervasiveness of it in everyday life in the Global North.
ISBN:
9781784787141
9781784787141
Category:
Social & political philosophy
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
13-08-2019
Publisher:
Verso Books
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
202
Dimensions (mm):
235x156x17mm
Weight:
0.43kg
Frederic Gros

Frederic Gros is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris XII and the Institute of Political Studies, Paris. He was the Editor of the last lectures of Michel Foucault at the College de France. His previous books include A Philosophy of Walking and The Security Principle.

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