Post-Humanitarianism: Governing Precarity in the Digital World

ISBN-13: 9780745698588 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 224 str.

Mark Duffield

Opis

The world has entered an unprecedented period of uncertainty and political instability. Faced with the challenge of knowing and acting within such a world, the spread of computers and connectivity, and the arrival of new digital sense–making tools are widely celebrated as helpful.

Recenzje

'Mark Duffield's Post-Humanitarianism illustrates how the world of humanitarian emergency provided a practical stage for new forms of knowledge and governing, now being generalized across the globe. Brimming with empirical insight and innovative conceptual framings, this book will be a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary transformations in development, security and governance and in the need for a critical alternative.' David Chandler, University of Westminster 'In his latest book, Mark Duffield combines compelling theoretical insights and practical experience of humanitarian work to reveal the sombre reality of a post-humanitarian world governed increasingly by computers and algorithms.' Vanessa Pupavac, University of Nottingham

Spis treści

• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter One: Introduction – Questioning Connectivity
• Chapter Two: Against Hierarchy
• Chapter Three: Entropic Barbarism
• Chapter Four: Being There
• Chapter Five: Fantastic Invasion
• Chapter Six: Livelihood Regime
• Chapter Seven: Instilling Remoteness
• Chapter Eight: Edge of Catastrophe
• Chapter Nine: Connecting Precarity
• Chapter Ten: Post–Humanitarianism
• Chapter Eleven: Living Wild
• Chapter Twelve: Conclusion – Automating Precarity

O autorze

Mark Duffield is Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Global Insecurities Centre at the University of Bristol