Pre-empting Dissent: The Politics of an Inevitable Future: 5 (Semaphore) - Softcover

Elmer, Greg; Opel, Andy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1894037340 ISBN 13: 9781894037341

Verlag: Arbeiter Ring Publishing,U.S., 2009

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Expanding from a traditional biopolitical critique of governance, Greg Elmer and Andy Opel write brief, accessible volume on how the ostensible fight against the "War on Terror" supplies a new logic that creates a space for what they call "an inevitable future." A circulation of fear that asserts an unavoidable terrorist attack marks the argument forwarded by Preempting Dissent: The Politics of an Inevitable Future. The authors are less interested in writing about the self-disciplined subject that results from this fear, and instead, provide a series of claims warning us of a new justification for policing the population directly-a specious reinterpretation and application of the law that demonstrates that sovereign power continues to effectively preclude dissent and dialogue. The inevitability doctrine, supported by a rhetoric of fatalism, advances an agenda displacing "rational free will" for visions of a determined, futile future, where debilitating effects of attacks can only be managed and mitigated but not prevented. Thus, as a liberal democratic polity, we are asked to succumb to a new "faith-based politics" as our only recourse to an inevitably horrific future. Elmer and Opel refer to this as a "when, then" logic that overtakes the more familiar, "what if" rationale. Significantly, Elmer and Opel highlight the limitations of both Foucauldian disciplinarity and Deleuzian decentralization for their analysis. - Daniel H. Kim

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The Bush administration's "War on Terror" ushered in a new logic of surveillance, suppressing public dissent and mobilizing both "faith" and "fear." Elmer and Opel reveal the underlying logic of preemption whereby threats must be eliminated before they materialize, drawing on social theories and media analyses to assess the wider impact of this new era of security and political order. They track three emerging strategies: zoning or incarceration of protesters, expansion of human surveillance techniques by police and law enforcement agencies, and deployment of "stealth" forms of crowd control. Addressing the logic of preemption, Elmer and Opel lay the groundwork for more effective resistance.

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• Verlag: Arbeiter Ring Publishing,U.S.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1894037340
• ISBN 13: 9781894037341
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 88