{"product_id":"global-crisis-and-insecurity-the-human-condition-darkly-hardback-9781009614269","title":"Global Crisis and Insecurity; The Human Condition, Darkly (Hardback) 9781009614269","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGlobal Crisis and Insecurity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Human Condition, Darkly\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuestions why we struggle to collectively address the challenges of the global crisis despite widespread recognition of its existence?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul James (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009614269, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 June 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e388 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.737 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This diagnosis of our contemporary condition is extensive and largely accurate. Paul James captures the contemporary sense of global crisis well.' David Chandler, International Affairs\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFrom the dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, to the escalating effects of climate change, public consciousness of existential threat waxes and wanes. Despite the occasional intense capacity to imagine the global consequences of our cumulative actions, we seem to lack a collective will to act alternatively and systematically to conserve the fundamental conditions for human life. This book confronts the basic challenges of insecurity, violence, genocide, refugee displacement and technoscientific intrusions on embodiment and identity – but it also points to other worlds that are possible. It argues for an engaged cosmopolitanism, grounded in place and guided by local and global debates around principles of what constitutes good ways of living. In order to create a positive change, we must better understand the human condition in crisis, the causes of the global crisis and the possible pathways to human flourishing.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Dark Matter of Our Time: 1. The future of humanity does not look good\u003cbr\u003e 2. Redefining basic concepts\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Confronting Global Contradictions: 3. The existential unsettling of security\u003cbr\u003e 4. Descending into postcolonial violence\u003cbr\u003e 5. Disrupting the hopes of reconciliation\u003cbr\u003e 6. Dehumanizing refugees\u003cbr\u003e 7. Abstracting embodiment\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Struggling for Positive Human Development: 8. The ontological weight of human security: 9. Reconsidering humanitarian intervention\u003cbr\u003e 10. Creating capacities for human development\u003cbr\u003e 11. Bringing Cosmopolitanism down to earth\u003cbr\u003e 12. Moving towards a manifesto\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: a note on method\u003cbr\u003e Glossary for engaged practice\u003cbr\u003e References.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20theory%20%5BJHBA%5D%22\"\u003eJHBA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52415669764376,"sku":"9781009614269","price":92.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009614269i.jpg?v=1784421556","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/global-crisis-and-insecurity-the-human-condition-darkly-hardback-9781009614269","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}