Paul Amar
The Security Archipelago
- ISBN 13:
- 9780822353980
- author:
- Paul Amar
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Duke University Press Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 328
- Dimensions:
- 156 mm X 235 mm
- Genre:
- Political Science
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Security Archipelago: A New Framework for Understanding Global Power and Resistance. Paul Amar's groundbreaking work challenges conventional understandings of neoliberalism and biopolitics by examining the intersection of security, morality, and identity in Brazil and Egypt. He reveals how coercive security operations have co-opted progressive discourses around labor, sexuality, and morality, giving rise to innovative resistances and unexpected alliances that are redefining modern governance. Amar's focus on Cairo and Rio de Janeiro provides a unique insight into the emergence of new polities in response to the Arab Spring and South America's Pink Tide. He identifies a shared modern governance model that he terms the "human-security state," which is being shaped by the interactions between coercive security operations, cultural rescue campaigns, and progressive social movements. By exploring these complex dynamics, Amar offers a fresh perspective on the global security industry and its impact on human rights, gender studies, and social science.
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