Time and Weapons Control

Mathur, Ritu

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-44943-8_1

Ritu Mathur²

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Abstract

This chapter draws on the symbolism of the Doomsday Clock as a remnant of war and a wish image to emphasize the significance of time and temporality in practices of arms control and disarmament. The temporality of the Doomsday clock serves as a helpful moniker to encourage reflexivity on practices of arms control and disarmament. It helps us to ponder on how the problem of time and technology is associated with modern understandings of state and military so central a premise in addressing the problem of weapons. This chapter makes an important distinction between civilizational time and postcolonial time. It is in the context of civilizational time that the intersecting and prolific discourses on racialism, nationalism and humanitarianism are explored as a triad of civilizational discourses. A study of their mobility is facilitated with the help of three particular concepts: stereotyping, sly civility and mimesis in the context of weapons control.

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Published: 12 July 2020
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-44942-1
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-44943-8
eBook Packages: Political Science and International StudiesPolitical Science and International Studies (R0)

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