The Security Principle: From Serenity to Regulation

by Frédéric Gros

Book Overview

The genealogy of the idea of security from ancient Greece to the war on terrorism

In The Security Principle, French philosopher Fr d ric Gros takes a historical approach to the concept of "security", looking at its evolution from the Stoics to the social network. With lucidity and rigour, Gros's approach is fourfold, looking at security as a mental state, as developed by the Greeks; as an objective situation and absence of all...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784787159
• ISBN13: 9781784787158
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"