The Show Must Go On? – Governing Coming Catastrophes Through Resilience

Authors

  • Amina Nolte Institut für Soziologie, Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen/ GCSC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2019.243

Abstract

In Das Sicherheitsdispositiv der Resilienz: Katastrophische Risiken und die Biopolitik vitaler Systeme, Andreas Folkers examines three fields of contemporary security-practices: German disaster control after 9/11, the protection of vital systems and critical infrastructures, and operative continuity-management. In how far, Folkers asks, does resilience function as a technology of rule and normative model for past and present security-practices. In identifying and exposing resilience as a security-dispositif, Folkers offers an insightful diagnosis of contemporary societies, the scope of which goes well beyond Germany and speaks to current debates in the field of critical security studies.

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Published

2019-01-23

Issue

Section

KULT_reviews

How to Cite

“The Show Must Go On? – Governing Coming Catastrophes Through Resilience”. 2019. KULT_online, no. 57 (January). https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2019.243.