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The Politics of Possibility: Risk and Security Beyond Probability. (2013)
Book
Amoore, L. (2013). The Politics of Possibility: Risk and Security Beyond Probability. Duke University Press

Since September 11, 2001, the imagination of "low probability, high consequence" events has become a distinctive feature of contemporary politics. Uncertain futures—devastation by terrorist attack, cyber crime, flood, financial market collapse—must b... Read More about The Politics of Possibility: Risk and Security Beyond Probability..

The clown at the gates of the camp: Sovereignty, resistance and the figure of the fool (2013)
Journal Article
Amoore, L., & Hall., A. (2013). The clown at the gates of the camp: Sovereignty, resistance and the figure of the fool. Security Dialogue, 44(2), 93-110. https://doi.org/10.1177/0967010613479994

This article considers the figure of the clown-fool as a way of approaching anew contemporary practices of sovereignty and resistance. The spectre of the camp as the nomos of modern sovereign power is widely critiqued for its neglect of the thriving... Read More about The clown at the gates of the camp: Sovereignty, resistance and the figure of the fool.