{"product_id":"resilient-life-the-art-of-living-dangerously-hardback-9780745671529","title":"Resilient Life; The Art of Living Dangerously (Hardback) 9780745671529","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eResilient Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Art of Living Dangerously\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBrad Evans (Author), Julian Reid (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745671529, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 February 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 14.5 x 2.5 cm, 0.454 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“Brad Evans and Julian Reid provide a radical critique of the concept of resilience and its traveling companions of vulnerability, insecurity, and catastrophe”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNY Journal of Books\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"One of the most radical and illuminating critiques of the currently fashionable notion of resilience.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSaskia Sassen, Columbia University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Anyone interested in political theory after biopolitics must read this book.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCary Wolfe, Rice University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Evans and Reid do more than provide a devastating critique of resilience – they dare us to leave this barren landscape by having the confidence to embrace human life as art, and to assert our poetic and dramatic subjectivities against the dominance of the machine.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMark Duffield, University of Bristol\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A tour de force. Brad Evans and Julian Reid mount a powerful indictment of the prophetic image of thought and the oppressive worldview of endless insecurity and threat that such thinking produces. If there is any possibility of welcoming and celebrating a world yet to come, one that is radically different from what currently is, we must, they insist, begin by moving beyond the inertia and defeatism that a catastrophic imaginary generates.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAdrian Parr, University of Cincinnati\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhat does it mean to live dangerously? This is not just a philosophical question or an ethical call to reflect upon our own individual recklessness. It is a deeply political issue, fundamental to the new doctrine of ‘resilience’ that is becoming a key term of art for governing planetary life in the 21st Century. No longer should we think in terms of evading the possibility of traumatic experiences. Catastrophic events, we are told, are not just inevitable but learning experiences from which we have to grow and prosper, collectively and individually. Vulnerability to threat, injury and loss has to be accepted as a reality of human existence. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this original and compelling text, Brad Evans and Julian Reid explore the political and philosophical stakes of the resilience turn in security and governmental thinking. Resilience, they argue, is a neo-liberal deceit that works by disempowering endangered populations of autonomous agency. Its consequences represent a profound assault on the human subject whose meaning and sole purpose is reduced to survivability. Not only does this reveal the nihilistic qualities of a liberal project that is coming to terms with its political demise. All life now enters into lasting crises that are catastrophic unto the end.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements ix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Anthropocene 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Insecure by Design 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Poverty of Vulnerability 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Living Dangerously 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Atmos 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Endgames 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Art of Politics 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes 204\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelect Bibliography 223\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 231\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407334175000,"sku":"9780745671529","price":52.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745671529.jpg?v=1784162863","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/resilient-life-the-art-of-living-dangerously-hardback-9780745671529","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}