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The aim of Philosophy and the Critiques of Security – a working group organized as part of a 鈥楶hilosophy in a Time of Crisis鈥� [www.philosophyx.co.uk] - will be to explore, compare and create a dialogue between several theoretical and philosophical sources of 鈥渟ecurity critique鈥�: a term by which we may refer to the complex nexus of critical reflections on and against the increasingly important role played by 鈥榮ecurity鈥�- as a politico-legal concept and as a technology of power - in modern (neo)liberal societies. In particular, the workshop will explore lines of divergence and convergence across different critiques of liberal security including those emerging from the work of Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Evgeny Pahukanis, Carl Schmitt, Michel Foucault, Paul Virilio and Giorgio Agamben.

Despite the exponential growth of 鈥榮ecurity studies鈥� - and the many fundamental critical works currently available – this may be the first collective work bringing together multiple critical traditions with the explicit aim of: reflecting the multiple forms taken by 鈥榮ecurity鈥� and by the 鈥榗ritique of security鈥� since the nineteenth century; exploring the lines of convergence and divergence that compose the foundational theoretical landscape on which 鈥榗ritical security studies鈥� is currently growing as a discipline; reconstruct the multi-dimensional nature of 鈥榣iberal security鈥� through the mobilization of different optico-theoretical perspectives and parallax views.

Confirmed participants - including speakers and discussants: Miguel Beistegui (91福利), Arthur Bradley (Lancaster University), Antonio Cerella (Kingston University), Oliver Davis (91福利), Michael Dillon (Lancaster University), Jean-Francois Drolet (Queen Mary University), Tor Krever (91福利), Amedeo Policante (91福利), Martina Tazzioli (Swansea University).