Aradau, Claudia

Politics of catastrophe: genealogies of the unknown/ Claudia Aradau and Rens van Munster. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2011. - viii, 167 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-160) and index.

Introduction -- Securing catastrophic futures -- Conjectures of catastrophe : "the next terrorist attack" -- Economies of catastrophe -- Imagining catastrophes -- Aesthetics of catastrophe -- Catastrophe, exception, event -- Conclusion.

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Terrorism--Political aspects.
Terrorism--Government policy.
Crisis management.
Security, International.

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