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Theory of World Security

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ID23400629
AuthorsKen Booth (University of Wales, corresponding author)
Year2007
Publication date2007-12-20
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueTheory of World Security (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511840210
OpenAlexW563772158
Open LibraryOL34476928M
ISBN9780511840210
LanguageEN
Citations received232

What is real? What can we know? How might we act? This book sets out to answer these fundamental philosophical questions in a radical and original theory of security for our times. Arguing that the concept of security in world politics has long been imprisoned by conservative thinking, Ken Booth explores security as a precious instrumental value which gives individuals and groups the opportunity to pursue the invention of humanity rather than live determined and diminished lives. Booth suggests that human society globally is facing a set of converging historical crises. He looks to critical social theory and radical international theory to develop a comprehensive framework for understanding the historical challenges facing global business-as-usual and for planning to reconstruct a more cosmopolitan future. Theory of World Security is a challenge both to well-established ways of thinking about security and alternative approaches within critical security studies.

Cloud computing security · Critical security studies · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Human security · Humanity · Law and economics · Network security policy · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Security studies · Set (abstract data type) · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics) · Computer Science · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Global Security and Public Health · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Philosophy

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Unique citing works232
Citations per year12,89
Citation span2008 - 2026 (19)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedYes
Citation typesNeutral: 204
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