{"product_id":"politics-of-catastrophe-genealogies-of-the-unknown-9780415627382","title":"Politics of Catastrophe: Genealogies of the Unknown","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book argues that catastrophe is a particular way of governing future events - such as terrorism, climate change or pandemics - which we cannot predict but which may strike suddenly, without warning, and cause irreversible damage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt a time where catastrophe increasingly functions as a signifier of our future, imaginaries of pending doom have fostered new modes of anticipatory knowledge and redeployed existing ones. Although it shares many similarities with crises, disasters, risks and other disruptive incidents, this book claims that catastrophes also bring out the very limits of knowledge and management. The politics of catastrophe is turned towards an unknown future, which must be imagined and inhabited in order to be made palpable, knowable and actionable. \u003cem\u003ePolitics of Catastrophe\u003c\/em\u003e critically assesses the effects of these new practices of knowing and governing catastrophes to come and challenges the reader to think about the possibility of an alternative politics of catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will be of interest to students of critical security studies, risk theory, political theory and International Relations in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claudia Aradau, Rens Van Munster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415627382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClaudia Aradau\u003c\/strong\u003e is Lecturer in International Studies and Research Director of the Securities Programme, Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance at The Open University. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eRethinking Trafficking in Women: Politics out of Security\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRens van Munster\u003c\/strong\u003e is Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). He is the author of \u003cem\u003eSecuritizing Immigration: The Politics of Risk in the EU.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43211541741683,"sku":"9.78042E+12","price":132.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_b9c983e2-4c82-4b70-b72e-b134af6c2757.jpg?v=1753187595","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/politics-of-catastrophe-genealogies-of-the-unknown-9780415627382","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}