{"product_id":"security-9780691171227","title":"Security","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed a Harvard University Walter Channing Cabot Fellow for 2014 \"[This] is a wonderfully rich volume that makes punctual yet decisive incursions leading to brilliant new readings of canonical texts... Through the cornucopia of its corpus and the generosity of its gesture, Security is above all an invitation to think along, to think further and deeper, to pursue the project of the book on a yet wider corpus. It invites us to practice the philology of care in our approach to books but also to the world.\"--Hall Bjornstad, L'Esprit Createur \"[A] masterful meditation.\"--Ellwood Wiggins, Modern Language Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix  Part One: Preliminary Concerns 1  1. Homo Curans 3  2. Security Studies and Philology 7  3. Handle with Care 25  Part Two: Etymologies and Figures 49  4. A Brief Semantic History of Securitas 51  5. The Pasture and the Garden 68  6. Security on the Beach 83  7. Tranquillity, Anger, and Caution 114  Part Three: Occupying Security 135  8. Fortitude and Maternal Care 137  9. Embarkations 168  10. Lingua Homini Lupus 182  11. Repercussions 201  12. Revolution's Chances 224  13. Vital Instabilities 238  14. The Sorrow of Thinking 262  15. Surveillance, Conspiracy, and the Nanny State 284  On the Main 299  Works Cited 301  Index 317","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403828994391,"sku":"9780691171227","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691171227.jpg?v=1730484665","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/security-9780691171227","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}