Pricing Lives: The Political Art of Measurement

ISBN-13: 9780192890559 / Twarda / 2023 / 288 str.

Sciences Research Professor Prof Ariel (Research Professor

Recenzje

In this fascinating, ambitious book eminent political theorist Ariel Colonomos argues that the political sphere depends upon the act of pricing lives. Whatever sphere of domestic or international politics one is concerned with - national welfare, climate change, terrorism and counterinsurgency, global health, etc. - this book is of sharp intellectual import and impact.

O autorze

Ariel Colonomos is Research Professor at CNRS and Sciences Po in Paris where he is affiliated with CERI. He has taught in the Political Science department at Columbia and at SIPA, and has held numerous visiting positions in the US. His work focuses on international relations and political theory, and his recent works include Moralizing International Relations (Palgrave, 2008), The Gamble of War (Palgrave, 2013), and Selling the FutureDLThe Perils of Predicting Global Politics (Hurst/OUP, 2016), which received the ISA Ethics section book award.