Post-Humanitarianism: Governing Precarity in the Digital World

by Mark Duffield

Book Overview

The world has entered an unprecedented period of uncertainty and political instability. Faced with the challenge of knowing and acting within such a world, the spread of computers and connectivity, and the arrival of new digital sense-making tools, are widely celebrated as helpful. But is this really the case, or have we lost more than gained in the digital revolution?

In Post-Humanitarianism, renowned scholar of development, security...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074569859X
• ISBN13: 9780745698595
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"