Terror and Territory by Stuart Elden - 9780816654840

Terror and TerritoryThe Spatial Extent of Sovereignty\nAuthor(s): Stuart Elden\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Minnesota Press, United States\nImprint: University of Minnesota Press\nISBN-13: 9780816654840, 978-0816654840\nSynopsis\nToday's global politics demands a new look at the concept of territory. From so-called deterritorialized terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda to [url] overthrows of existing regimes in the Middle East, the relationship between territory and sovereignty is under siege. Unfolding an updated understanding of the concept of territory, Stuart Elden shows how the contemporary \""war on terror\"" is part of a widespread challenge to the connection between the state and its territory.\n\nAlthough the importance of territory has been disputed under globalization, territorial relations have not come to an abrupt end. Rather, Elden argues, the territory/sovereignty relation is being reconfigured. Traditional geopolitical analysis is transformed into a.