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245 1. $a Economy of force $d Texte imprimé $e counterinsurgency and the historical rise of the social $f Patricia Owens
260 .. $a Cambridge $c Cambridge University Press $d 2015
280 .. $a xiii, 357 pages $d 24 cm
295 1. $a Cambridge studies in international relations $v 139
300 .. $a Includes bibliographical references and index
327 .. $a Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: oikonomia in the use of force; 2.
The really real? A history of 'social' and 'society'; 3. Out of the confines of the
household?; 4. The colonial limits of society; 5. 'More than concentration camps':
the battle for hearths in two late-colonial emergencies; 6. Society itself is at war:
new model pacification in Vietnam; 7. Oikonomia by other means: household governance
in Afghanistan and Iraq; 8. Conclusion: 'it's the oikos, stupid'.
330 .. $a "Retrieving the older but surprisingly neglected language of household governance,
Economy of Force offers a radical new account of the historical rise of the social
realm and distinctly social theory as modern forms of oikonomikos - the art and science
of household rule. The techniques and domestic ideologies of household administration
are highly portable and play a remarkably central role in international and imperial
relations. In two late-colonial British 'emergencies' in Malaya and Kenya, and US
counterinsurgencies in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq, armed social work was the continuation
of oikonomia - not politics - by other means. This is a provocative new history of
counterinsurgency with major implications for social, political and international
theory. Historically rich and theoretically innovative, this book will interest scholars
and students across the humanities and social sciences, especially politics and international
relations, history of social and political thought, history of war, social theory
and sociology"
