The Security Principle: From Serenity to Regulation

Gros, Frederic

ISBN 10: 1784787159 / ISBN 13: 9781784787158

Published by Verso, 2019

Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers. Seller Inventory # 00097652459

Synopsis:

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.

About the Author:

Frédéric 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 Collčge de France. He has written books on psychiatry, law, and war as well as the best-selling Philosophy of Walking. He lives in Paris.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Security Principle: From Serenity to ...
Publisher: Verso
Publication Date: 2019
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good