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The Social Life of Anti-Terrorism Laws: The War on Terror and the Classifications of the Dangerous Other
Eckert
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Paperback. Addresses two developments in the conceptualization of citizenship that arise from the 'war on terror', namely the reculturalization of membership in a polity and the re-moralization of access to rights. This book takes an anthropological perspective of the subject. Editor(s): Eckert, Julia M., PhD. Num Pages: 196 pages, col. maps. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 137 x 225 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
This book addresses two developments in the conceptualisation of citizenship that arise from the war on terror , namely the re-culturalisation of membership in a polity and the re-moralisation of access to rights. Taking an anthropological perspective, it traces the ways in which the trans-nationalisation of the war on terror has affected notions of the dangerous other in different political and social contexts, asking what changes in the ideas of the state and of the nation have been promoted by the emerging culture of security, and how these changes affect practices of citizenship and societal ... Read more
This book addresses two developments in the conceptualisation of citizenship that arise from the war on terror , namely the re-culturalisation of membership in a polity and the re-moralisation of access to rights. Taking an anthropological perspective, it traces the ways in which the trans-nationalisation of the war on terror has affected notions of the dangerous other in different political and social contexts, asking what changes in the ideas of the state and of the nation have been promoted by the emerging culture of security, and how these changes affect practices of citizenship and societal ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
257g
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
, Austria
ISBN
9783899429640
SKU
V9783899429640
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About Eckert
Julia M. Eckert (PhD) is associate professor at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale, Germany. Her research fields are legal anthropology, conflict theory and the anthropology of the state and citizenship.
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