Ontopower: War, Powers, and the State of Perception

by Brian Massumi

Book Overview

Color coded terror alerts, invasion, drone war, rampant surveillance: all manifestations of the type of new power Brian Massumi theorizes in Ontopower. Through an in-depth examination of the War on Terror and the culture of crisis, Massumi identifies the emergence of preemption, which he characterizes as the operative logic of our time. Security threats, regardless of the existence of credible intelligence, are now felt into reality. Whereas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822359952
• ISBN13: 9780822359951
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"