Taming an Uncertain Future: Temporality, Sovereignty, and the Politics of Anticipatory Governance

by Liam P. D. Stockdale

Book Overview

A popular clich in contemporary public discourse holds that we live in a time of increasing uncertainty; that the next catastrophe is perpetually imminent and yet increasingly beyond our capacity to foresee. The future, in short, is becoming much more difficult to control. One consequence of this increasingly widespread understanding of the future is that societies have turned to anticipatory governance strategies based on such concepts as risk management,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783485019
• ISBN13: 9781783485017
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary