Global Crisis and Insecurity

'Global Crisis and Insecurity is the long-awaited third volume in Paul James' triptych on the theory of abstract community and, in many ways, it is the most challenging, disturbing, and rewarding of the three. It is at once a treatise on the human condition, replete with all the dark shades conjured by the Book of Corinthians, by Arendt and by Bergman, and yet, crisis motif acknowledged, it is not a jeremiad. Indeed, the author is at pains to advocate alternative ways of thinking and practising in an unsettled world.' Barrie Axford, Author of Populism Versus the New Globalization 'Beautifully written and conceptually intricate, James's Global Crisis and Insecurity neither wills away the destructive crises of what has come to be known as the Anthropocene nor exits the series of catastrophes by condemning or celebrating humanity, philosophy or life. This book maps out a series of passed and present prognoses and transforms how 'the human' might be given sense and praxis in a posthuman age.' Claire Colebrook, Author of Death of the PostHuman: Essays on Extinction 'At once fierce and gentle, Paul James' analysis of the current contours of crisis revalorizes the human without falling prey to anthropocentrism. Carefully diagnosing the state of the relationship between the planet and the globe, James finds resources for alternative living in the darkest of times. Global Crisis and Insecurity is as brilliant as it is brave, unafraid to shatter orthodoxies both conventional and hip in seeking a way to a better world.' Brett Neilson, Author of The Rest and the Best