The Fascist Moment: Security, Exclusion, Extermination

The Fascist Moment: Security, Exclusion, Extermination

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Security is cultivated and mobilized by enacting exclusionary practices, and exclusion is cultivated and realized on security grounds. This article explores the political dangers that lie in this connection, dangers which open the door to a fascist mobilization in the name of security. To do so the...

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Main Author: Mark Neocleous
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brock University 2009-10-01
Series:Studies in Social Justice
Subjects:
security
exclusions
fascism
liberalism
Online Access:http://brock.scholarsportal.info/journals/index.php/SSJ/article/view/1022
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spelling doaj-bcbc030b072a433399b8199a9232645c2020-11-24T22:48:08ZengBrock UniversityStudies in Social Justice1911-47882009-10-013123371005The Fascist Moment: Security, Exclusion, ExterminationMark NeocleousSecurity is cultivated and mobilized by enacting exclusionary practices, and exclusion is cultivated and realized on security grounds. This article explores the political dangers that lie in this connection, dangers which open the door to a fascist mobilization in the name of security. To do so the article first asks: what happens to our understanding of fascism if we view it through the lens of security? But then a far more interesting question emerges: what happens to our understanding of security if we view it through the lens of fascism? Out of these questions it is suggested that the central issue might be less a question of "security and exclusion" and much more a question of "security and extermination."http://brock.scholarsportal.info/journals/index.php/SSJ/article/view/1022securityexclusionsfascismliberalism
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Studies in Social Justice
security
exclusions
fascism
liberalism
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title The Fascist Moment: Security, Exclusion, Extermination
title_short The Fascist Moment: Security, Exclusion, Extermination
title_full The Fascist Moment: Security, Exclusion, Extermination
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title_full_unstemmed The Fascist Moment: Security, Exclusion, Extermination
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publisher Brock University
series Studies in Social Justice
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publishDate 2009-10-01
description Security is cultivated and mobilized by enacting exclusionary practices, and exclusion is cultivated and realized on security grounds. This article explores the political dangers that lie in this connection, dangers which open the door to a fascist mobilization in the name of security. To do so the article first asks: what happens to our understanding of fascism if we view it through the lens of security? But then a far more interesting question emerges: what happens to our understanding of security if we view it through the lens of fascism? Out of these questions it is suggested that the central issue might be less a question of "security and exclusion" and much more a question of "security and extermination."
topic security
exclusions
fascism
liberalism
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