Potential Politics and the Primacy of Preemption

Because of this, preventive measures are not self-sustaining. If it did, its ability to respond with an immediacy proportional to the imminence of the threat would be compromised. Because it operates in a closed loop, its epistemology is univocal (centered on a single certainty) and its ontology is...

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Published in:Theory & event 2007-04, Vol.10 (2), p.N_A
Main Author: Massumi, Brian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bush, George W
Guattari, Felix (1930-1992)
Politics
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Summary:Because of this, preventive measures are not self-sustaining. If it did, its ability to respond with an immediacy proportional to the imminence of the threat would be compromised. Because it operates in a closed loop, its epistemology is univocal (centered on a single certainty) and its ontology is monolithic (both sides are taken up in a single global movement). Preemption is an effective operative logic rather than a causal operative logic. Since its ground is potential, there is no actual cause for it to organize itself around.
ISSN:1092-311X
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1092-311X
DOI:10.1353/tae.2007.0066