Futureproof: Security Aesthetics and the Management of Life

Book Overview

Security is a defining characteristic of our age and the driving force behind the management of collective political, economic, and social life. Directed at safeguarding society against future peril, security is often thought of as the hard infrastructures and invisible technologies assumed to deliver it: walls, turnstiles, CCTV cameras, digital encryption, and the like. The contributors to Futureproof redirect this focus, showing how security...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478006900
• ISBN13: 9781478006909
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"