Imaginationen der Störung : : ein Konzept = Imaginations of disruption : a concept

Zusammenfassung: The article is concerned with the current security policy paradigm of precaution, which tries to be prepared for a completely unknown („unknown unknowns“) situation of danger. Within this political security regime, imaginations, both of disruption and security, gain center stage: They enable – at least approximately – the preparative handling with a yet unknown or even unthinkable future catastrophe and simultaneously serve as media of societies self-description. To be able to grasp the political role of imagination analytically, after a short historical and theoretical introduction, the article presents a model that shows the transformation of diffuse anxiety into specific scenarios of fear infused with implications of values and actions to be the central function of collective imaginations of danger. Based on this, a typology of disruption is developed that distinguishes between predetermined disruption, adaptive disruption and overstressing disruption

Object Details

• Alternative title: Imaginations of disruption : a concept
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Deutsch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Imaginationen der Störung ; volume:9 ; number:1 ; Behemoth ; 9, Heft 1

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Sicherheit ; Imagination ; Fiktion ; Störung ; Ereignis

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Koch, Lars ; Nanz, Tobias ; Pause, Johannes

Further information

• DOI: 10.6094/behemoth.2016.9.1.885
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-110584
• Rights: Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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