Thinking in an emergency

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Discusses the global ethics of increased executive power by invoking the idea of an emergency and cites philosophers, neuroscientists, and artists to prove that thinking and taking fast action are compatible

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Full title :Thinking in an emergency / Elaine Scarry.

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Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Norton
Place of Publication:New York
Language:und
Publication Date:2011.

The Physical Object

Description:XV, 157 Seiten.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780393078985, 0393078981
oclc:ocn729961194
LC Classification:JF256
Dewey Decimal:363.34/561

The seduction to stop thinking -- Four models of emergency thinking. CPR ; Mutual aid contracts ; The Swiss shelter system ; The constitutional brake on war -- The place of habit in acts of thinking

Subjects

Abuse of administrative power democracy Emergency management Emergency management -- Government poli… Excès de pouvoir (Droit administratif) Executive power Machtmissbrauch Politische Krise Politische Theorie Pouvoirs exceptionnels Regierung War and emergency powers