Pervasive Prevention
A Feminist Reading of the Rise of the Security Society
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Jurisprudence
| Author: | Tamar Pitch | ISBN: | 9781317081609 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | April 22, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tamar Pitch |
| ISBN: | 9781317081609 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | April 22, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
`The Prevention Society' is a definition that can otherwise be summarized as: the information society, the risk society, the surveillance society or the insecure society. This book shows the connections and differences between these explanations, whilst providing a gender reading of the ways in which social control manifests itself through precautionary measures. Today’s diffuse and pervasive prevention imperative symbolizes both a self-defining doctrine and the justification for a means of repression, segregation, and exclusion. From bodies to daily life and preventative war, Pervasive Prevention investigates the effects of this imperative for social control, its connection with neo-liberal hegemonic ideology, and the centrality in its dealings with women and the feminine.
`The Prevention Society' is a definition that can otherwise be summarized as: the information society, the risk society, the surveillance society or the insecure society. This book shows the connections and differences between these explanations, whilst providing a gender reading of the ways in which social control manifests itself through precautionary measures. Today’s diffuse and pervasive prevention imperative symbolizes both a self-defining doctrine and the justification for a means of repression, segregation, and exclusion. From bodies to daily life and preventative war, Pervasive Prevention investigates the effects of this imperative for social control, its connection with neo-liberal hegemonic ideology, and the centrality in its dealings with women and the feminine.
