Walled States, Waning Sovereignty with a new Preface

Afbeeldingen

Artikel vergelijken

  • Engels
  • Paperback
  • 9781935408031
  • 27 juni 2017
  • 184 pagina's
Alle productspecificaties

Samenvatting

A prize-winning examination of why nation-states wall themselves off despite widespread proclamations of global connectedness. Why do walls marking national boundaries proliferate amid widespread proclamations of global connectedness and despite anticipation of a world without borders? Why are barricades built of concrete, steel, and barbed wire when threats to the nation today are so often miniaturized, vaporous, clandestine, dispersed, or networked? In Walled States, Waning Sovereignty, Wendy Brown considers the recent spate of wall building in contrast to the erosion of nation-state sovereignty. Drawing on classical and contemporary political theories of state sovereignty in order to understand how state power and national identity persist amid its decline, Brown considers both the need of the state for legitimacy and the popular desires that incite the contemporary building of walls. The new walls-dividing Texas from Mexico, Israel from Palestine, South Africa from Zimbabwe-consecrate the broken boundaries they would seem to contest and signify the ungovernability of a range of forces unleashed by globalization. Yet these same walls often amount to little more than theatrical props, frequently breached, and blur the distinction between law and lawlessness that they are intended to represent. But if today's walls fail to resolve the conflicts between globalization and national identity, they nonetheless project a stark image of sovereign power. Walls, Brown argues, address human desires for containment and protection in a world increasingly without these provisions. Walls respond to the wish for horizons even as horizons are vanquished.

Productspecificaties

Inhoud

Taal
en
Bindwijze
Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
27 juni 2017
Aantal pagina's
184
Illustraties
Nee

Betrokkenen

Hoofdauteur
Wendy Brown
Tweede Auteur
Onbekend
Hoofduitgeverij
Zone Books

Overige kenmerken

Editie
2
Extra groot lettertype
Nee
Product breedte
152 mm
Product hoogte
15 mm
Product lengte
229 mm
Studieboek
Ja
Verpakking breedte
152 mm
Verpakking hoogte
15 mm
Verpakking lengte
229 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
338 g

EAN

EAN
9781935408031

Je vindt dit artikel in

Boek, ebook of luisterboek?
Boek
Taal
Engels
Beschikbaarheid
Leverbaar
Studieboek of algemeen
Algemene boeken
Nog geen reviews

Kies gewenste uitvoering

Bindwijze : Paperback Bekijk alle bindwijzen (2)

Prijsinformatie en bestellen

De prijs van dit product is 26 euro en 37 cent.
1 - 2 weken
Verkoop door MyBoeken.nl
8,5
In winkelwagen
  • Bestellen en betalen via bol
  • Prijs inclusief verzendkosten, verstuurd door MyBoeken.nl
  • 30 dagen bedenktijd en gratis retourneren
  • Wettelijke garantie via MyBoeken.nl

Alle bindwijzen en edities (2)

  • 26,37
    1 - 2 weken Tooltip
  • 28,99
    2 - 3 weken Tooltip