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The Discourse of Security: Language, Illiberalism and Governmentality

The Discourse of Security: Language, Illiberalism and Governmentality

MacDonald, Malcolm N.
Hunter, Duncan

Hardcover

PhilosophyLinguistics

ISBN10: 3319971921
ISBN13: 9783319971926
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Nov 21 2018
Pages: 337
Weight: 1.27
Height: 0.81 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book explores how language constructs the meaning and praxis of security in the 21st century. Combining the latest critical theories in poststructuralist and political philosophy with discourse analysis techniques, it uses corpus tools to investigate four collections of documents harvested from national and international security organisations. This interdisciplinary approach provides insights into the ways in which discourse has been mobilised to construct a strategic response to major terrorist attacks and geo-political events. The authors identify the way in which it is used to realize tactics of governmentality and form security as a discipline. This at once constructs a state of exception while also adhering to the principles of liberalism. This insightful study will be of particular interest to students and scholars of subjects such as applied linguistics, political science, security studies and international relations, with additional relevance to other areasincluding law, criminology, sociology and economics.

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