Worlds of Uncertainty
Worlds of Uncertainty
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Analyses how world views of uncertainty and certainty have alternated and conflicted from the Renaissance to the modern day. The author argues that a pragmatic middle path that accepts unpredictability but deals with it through science and trust will help us successfully manage unpredictable events and deal with crises together.
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Worlds of Uncertainty by Peter Haldn
Analyses how world views of uncertainty and certainty have alternated and conflicted from the Renaissance to the modern day. The author argues that a pragmatic middle path that accepts unpredictability but deals with it through science and trust will help us successfully manage unpredictable events and deal with crises together.
'Taking us on a grand tour revisiting cultures of certainty and uncertainty from the Renaissance onwards, Peter Haldén explores the many paradoxes their coexistence has given rise to and suggests pragmatic ways of handling theseWritten with characteristic acumen and ease, Worlds of Uncertainty offers a fresh and imaginative take on perennial problems of predictability and should be of interest to students of international relations, social theory and strategic studies.' Jens Bartelson, Lund University
'Peter Haldén has written a brilliant, highly original book that offers a new perspective on modernity and social science. He does this by focusing on two fundamental and seemingly opposed beliefs about the world: one that describes it as predictable and controllable; the other, as uncertain and chaotic. He argues that they are interconnected, that the one enables the other, that they have evolved in tandem, and that there are good reasons for believing that the social world has become more predictable. However, this recognition can encourage us to act in ways that increase uncertainty. What is needed – and the book takes important first steps – are visions of control and sophisticated understandings of the trade-offs between control and uncertainty.' Richard Ned Lebow, Department of War Studies, King's College London
'In this historically sweeping and intellectually rich analysis, Haldén aims to rethink the dominant understandings of uncertainty in the Western philosophical tradition. Focusing on the ontology of warfare from the early fourteenth century until today, he shows how uncertainty shaped the social and political thinking but also the military policy. This book demonstrates an impressive breadth of knowledge and provides an innovative analysis that challenges the common-sense understandings of uncertainty.' Siniša Malešević, University College, Dublin, and CNAM, Paris
'Peter Haldén has written a brilliant, highly original book that offers a new perspective on modernity and social science. He does this by focusing on two fundamental and seemingly opposed beliefs about the world: one that describes it as predictable and controllable; the other, as uncertain and chaotic. He argues that they are interconnected, that the one enables the other, that they have evolved in tandem, and that there are good reasons for believing that the social world has become more predictable. However, this recognition can encourage us to act in ways that increase uncertainty. What is needed – and the book takes important first steps – are visions of control and sophisticated understandings of the trade-offs between control and uncertainty.' Richard Ned Lebow, Department of War Studies, King's College London
'In this historically sweeping and intellectually rich analysis, Haldén aims to rethink the dominant understandings of uncertainty in the Western philosophical tradition. Focusing on the ontology of warfare from the early fourteenth century until today, he shows how uncertainty shaped the social and political thinking but also the military policy. This book demonstrates an impressive breadth of knowledge and provides an innovative analysis that challenges the common-sense understandings of uncertainty.' Siniša Malešević, University College, Dublin, and CNAM, Paris
Peter Haldén is Associate Professor in the Department of War Studies and Military History at the Swedish Defence University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781009392686 |
| ISBN 10 | 1009392689 |
| Title | Worlds of Uncertainty |
| Author | Peter Haldén |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2023-12-07 |
| Number of pages | 300 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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