Discourses of Weakness and Resource Regimes
Trajectories of a New Research Program
Edited by Iwo Amelung, Hartmut Leppin and Christian A. Müller
Campus Verlag, 2018
The acquisition and deployment of resources—natural and otherwise—will always be at the forefront of geopolitical discourse. At a time when the finite nature of these resources becomes clearer every day, that’s especially true. This book uses a humanities-influenced lens to examine how ideas of weakness affect the stockpiling and usage of resources, delving into the question of self-assessments by people and states alike can influence their handling of resources.
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