Insecurity

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This collection investigates insecurity as a dominant logic shaping contemporary cultural, economic, political, and social life in the West. It challenges key concepts like precarity, securitization, and resilience, revealing how efforts to secure systems often exacerbate insecurity, making it the default state of existence today. The essays span a wide range of disciplines and methodologies, including intellectual history, cultural critique, case studies, qualitative ethnography, and personal narrative, primarily from a U.S. perspective. Contributors analyze various topics, such as the securitization of nongovernmental aid to Palestine, the plight of Bangladeshi climate refugees, and the privatization of U.S. military forces. They also explore the historical context of insecurity and financial securitization, racialized urban development in Augusta, Georgia, the implications of Amazon's Mechanical Turk, and the complex politics surrounding sexual harassment in U.S. academia. The diverse range of contributors includes scholars from institutions such as the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Columbia University, providing a multifaceted examination of how insecurity permeates modern life.