The prevention imperative, today diffuse and pervasive, symbolizes both a self-defining doctrine and justification of a means of repression, segregation and exclusion. From bodies to daily life to preventative war, the book investigates the effects of this imperative for social control, its connection with neo-liberal hegemonic ideology, and the centrality in it and its dealings of women and the feminine

Pervasive prevention. A feminist reading of the rise of the security society

PITCH, Tamar
2010

Abstract

The prevention imperative, today diffuse and pervasive, symbolizes both a self-defining doctrine and justification of a means of repression, segregation and exclusion. From bodies to daily life to preventative war, the book investigates the effects of this imperative for social control, its connection with neo-liberal hegemonic ideology, and the centrality in it and its dealings of women and the feminine
2010
9780754675648
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