Theory of World Security

By:

Ken Booth

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in International Relations

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What is real? What can we know? How might we act? This book sets out to answer these fundamental philosophical questions in a radical and original theory of security for our times. Arguing that the concept of security in world politics has long been imprisoned by conservative thinking, Ken Booth explores security as a precious instrumental value which gives individuals and groups the opportunity to pursue the invention of humanity rather than live determined and diminished lives. Booth suggests that human society globally is facing a set of converging historical crises. He looks to critical social theory and radical international theory to develop a comprehensive framework for understanding the historical challenges facing global business-as-usual and for planning to reconstruct a more cosmopolitan future. Theory of World Security is a challenge both to well-established ways of thinking about security and alternative approaches within critical security studies.

Author Biography:

Ken Booth is E. H. Carr Professor in the Department of International Politics at the University of Wales Aberystwyth. He was the first president of the British International Studies Association and is the current editor of International Relations.

Release date Australia

December 20th, 2007

Author

Ken Booth

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

516

Series

Cambridge Studies in International Relations

Dimensions

156x226x31

ISBN-13

9780521543170

Product ID

2397820

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