Security After the Unthinkable

Terror and Disenchantment in Norway

J. Peter Burgess

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English

Manchester University Press
01 March 2024

European history; Violence in society; Political science & theory; Terrorism, armed struggle

Series: New Approaches to Conflict Analysis

This book builds a theoretical perspective for explaining what security remains after the security event. It studies in detail the evolution of security thinking before, during and after the 2011 terrorist attack in Utøya and Oslo, Norway, tracking the political discourse and the institutional reactions in order to form a theory of ‘terror and disenchantment’.

It develops a general theory of security that contributes to ongoing debates on non-military security, asymmetric warfare, ontological security and human security. It revisits the nature of terrorism, the sense of its practice and re-conceptualises the way practice of counter- and anti-terrorism are embedded in social, cultural and national consciousness.

By: J. Peter Burgess
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 590g
ISBN: 9781526166340
ISBN 10: 1526166348
Series: New Approaches to Conflict Analysis
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 01 March 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Part I: Theory of disenchantment 1. Terror and disenchantment 2. The enchantment of security 3. The invention of vulnerability 4. Our coming security Part II: Making security-sense of Oslo/Utøya 5. 22 July 2011: Event, meaning and affect 6. The report of the 22/7 Commission 7. There is no alternative to security 8. Giving and taking responsibility for terrorism After thought -- .

J. Peter Burgess is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Chair in Geopolitics of Risk at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris -- .