Unmapping the 21st Century

Between Networks and the State

Nicholas Michelsen (King’s College London), Neville Bolt (Kings College London)

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English

Bristol University Press
28 July 2022

Globalization; International relations; Geopolitics

The 21st century has been characterised by great turbulence, climate change, global pandemic, and democratic decay.

Drawing on post-structural political theory, this book explores two dominant concepts used to make sense of our disturbed reality: the state and the network. The book explains how they are inextricably interwoven, while showing why they complicate the way we interpret our present.

In seeking a better understanding of today’s world, this book argues that we need to pull apart the familiar lines of our maps. By looking beneath and across these lines, an ‘unmapping’ presents new insights and opportunities for a better future.

By: Nicholas Michelsen (King’s College London), Neville Bolt (Kings College London)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529223743
ISBN 10: 1529223741
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 28 July 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1: Taking the Lines off the Map Chapter 2: A Great Unmapping Chapter 3: Capitalism and Imperialism Chapter 4: Thinking Like a State Chapter 5: Bureaucracy and Power Chapter 6: The Battle Swarm Chapter 7: Information and the State Chapter 8: Romance of Networks Chapter 9: Borders and Impermanence Conclusion

Nicholas Michelsen is Reader in International Relations and Director of Education in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. Neville Bolt is Reader in Strategic Communications in the Department of War Studies and Director of the King’s Centre for Strategic Communications (KCSC) at King’s College London.

Reviews for Unmapping the 21st Century: Between Networks and the State

"""Through a wide-ranging work of remarkable erudition and sophisticated analysis, Michelsen and Bolt's cartography of the present reveals the complex intertwining of hierarchies and networks that shapes our world."" Antoine Bousquet, Swedish Defence University"