Security/Capital: A General Theory of Pacification

By George S. Rigakos

Book Overview

Security has become the pre-eminent organising principle of modern life, inextricably bound up with capital accumulation and Empire. This is the first sociological treatise on the security-industrial complex, offering a general theory of security based on a critical engagement with the works of Marx and Foucault.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474413676
• ISBN13: 9781474413671
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 7.7"