{"product_id":"the-politics-of-survival-julie-kleinman-9780822346074","title":"The Politics of Survival","description":"In this provocative analysis of global politics, the anthropologist Marc Ab駘鑚 argues that the meaning and aims of political action have radically changed in the era of globalization. As dangers such as terrorism and global warming have moved to the fore of global consciousness, foreboding has replaced the belief that tomorrow will be better than today. Survival, outlasting the uncertainties and threats of a precarious future, has supplanted harmonious coexistence as the primary goal of politics. Ab駘鑚 contends that this political reorientation has changed our priorities and modes of political action, and generated new debates and initiatives. The proliferation of supranational and transnational organizations-from the European Union to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to Oxfam-is the visible effect of this radical transformation in our relationship to the political realm. Areas of governance as diverse as the economy, the environment, and human rights have been partially taken over by such agencies. Non-governmental organizations in particular have become linked with the mindset of risk and uncertainty; they both reflect and help produce the politics of survival.\u003cp\u003eAb駘鑚 examines the new global politics, which assumes many forms and is enacted by diverse figures with varied sympathies: the officials at meetings of the WTO and the demonstrators outside them, celebrity activists, and online contributors to international charities. He makes an impassioned case that our accounts of globalization need to reckon with the preoccupations and affiliations now driving global politics. \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Survival\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in France in 2006. This English-language edition has been revised and includes a new preface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julie Kleinman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822346079\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822346074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.70d","brand":"Julie Kleinman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059878326527,"sku":"9780822346074","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8483f23a-6d75-4389-bc5c-1eff8e4f059a.jpg?v=1685060843","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-politics-of-survival-julie-kleinman-9780822346074","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}