We’re Addicted to Security, and It’s Destroying Us

In this latest Conflicted Conversation, Ruben Andersson, professor of social anthropology at Oxford University's Department of International Development, discusses his new book Age of Security: The Rise of a Global Obsession.

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Ruben and Thomas explore:

How security replaced politics

Why failed security breeds more security

The border crackdown that fuels illegal migration

How neoliberalism hollowed out social order

Sweden’s slide into gang violence

When Big Tech became Big Security

China and the rise of the Paranopticon

How surveillance blurred civilian and military life

Why Covid made us surrender freedom so easily