{"product_id":"insecurity-richard-grusin-9781517913106","title":"Insecurity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInvestigating insecurity as the predominant logic of life in the present moment\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Challenging several key concepts of the twenty-first century, including precarity, securitization, and resilience, this collection explores the concept of insecurity as a predominant logic governing recent cultural, economic, political, and social life in the West. The essays illuminate how attempts to make human and nonhuman systems secure and resilient end up having the opposite effect, making insecurity the default state of life today.\u003cp\u003eUnique in its wide disciplinary breadth and variety of topics and methodological approaches--from intellectual history and cultural critique to case studies, qualitative ethnography, and personal narrative--\u003ci\u003eInsecurity\u003c\/i\u003e is written predominantly from the viewpoint of the United States. The contributors' analyses include the securitization of nongovernmental aid to Palestine, Bangladeshi climate refugees, and the privatization of U.S. military forces; the history of the concept of insecurity and the securitization of finance; racialized urban development in Augusta, Georgia; Amazon's Mechanical Turk and the consequences of the Marie Kondo method; and the intricate politics of sexual harassment in the U.S. academy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors: Neel Ahuja, U of California, Santa Cruz; Aneesh Aneesh, U of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Lisa Bhungalia, Kent State U; Jennifer Doyle, U of California, Riverside; Annie McClanahan, U of California, Irvine; Andrea Miller, Florida Atlantic U; Mark Neocleous, Brunel U London; A. Naomi Paik, U of Illinois, Chicago; Maureen Ryan, U of South Carolina; Saskia Sassen, Columbia U.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Grusin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517913101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517913106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Richard Grusin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053101969663,"sku":"9781517913106","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff699508-4c25-4ec3-a0ae-f70dda3ef5e3.jpg?v=1685022418","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/insecurity-richard-grusin-9781517913106","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}