Politics of security : towards a political philosophy of continental thought / Michael Dillon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dillon, Michael, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Security, International--Philosophy.

Security, International.

International relations--Philosophy.

International relations.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this critique of security studies, with insights into the thinking of Heidegger, Foucault, Derrida, Levinas and Arendt, Michael Dillon contributes to the rethinking of some of the fundamentals of international politics developing what might be called a political philosophy of continental thought. Drawing on the work of Martin Heidegger, Politics of Security establishes the relationship between Heidegger's readical hermeneutical phenomenology and politics and the fundamental link between politics, the tragic and the ethical. It breaks new ground by providing an etymology of security, trac

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Security, philosophy and politics; Radical hermeneutical phenomenology; The topos of encounter; Interlude: (In)security; The political and the tragic; Oedipus Asphaleos: The tragedy of (in)security; Imagination at the call of ethico-political responsibility; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-244) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-79363-4

1-282-77762-9

9786612777622

0-203-05080-0

1-134-79362-6

9780203050804

OCLC:

230203880