In this latest Conflicted Conversation, Ruben Andersson, professor of social anthropology at Oxford University's Department of International Development, discusses his new book Age of Security: The Rise of a Global Obsession.
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Ruben and Thomas explore:
How security replaced politics
Why failed security breeds more security
The border crackdown that fuels illegal migration
How neoliberalism hollowed out social order
Sweden’s slide into gang violence
When Big Tech became Big Security
China and the rise of the Paranopticon
How surveillance blurred civilian and military life
Why Covid made us surrender freedom so easily
Can we escape the politics of fear?
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