Abstract
We now live in a world of abiding existential insecurity. Sometimes a particular dimension of human insecurity hits us in the face. Mostly it accumulates behind our backs as an intensifying matrix of nonpalpable threats and risks. Whereas once, people could find sanctuary far from the madding shroud of risk, the risk matrix is becoming increasingly interconnected and globalized. Nuclear winter will not fade off at its edges. Viral pandemics arrive with dramatic virulence, even in ostensibly isolated places. And climate change is globally changing the planet, including in ways that become even more intense at its poles. In short, these threats and risks are representative of ontological changes that are unsettling all social and environmental life across the planet.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Global Security in an Age of Crisis |
| Editors | Aiden Warren |
| Place of Publication | U.K. |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
| Pages | 62-83 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781399505451 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781399505437 |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |