Nomi Claire Lazar: 2 books
Out of Joint
Power, Crisis, and the Rhetoric of Time
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2019
How constructions of time shape political beliefs about what is possible—and what is inevitable
To secure power in a crisis, leaders must sell deep change as a means to future good. But how could we know the future? Nomi Claire Lazar draws on stories across a range of cultures and contexts,...
by Nomi Claire Lazar
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
In an emergency, statesmen concentrate power and suspend citizens' rights. These emergency powers are ubiquitous in the crisis government of liberal democracies, but their nature and justification is poorly understood. Based on a pluralist conception of political ethics and political power, this book...