Security, Certainty, Trust: Historical and Contemporary Aspects of the Concept of Safety

C.E. Evink

doi:10.5117/9789463720472_ch01

Security, Certainty, Trust: Historical and Contemporary Aspects of the Concept of Safety

C.E. Evink

Research Program Value and Valuation of Culture (VVC-2021)

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Abstract

In this chapter I focus on a deep and nuanced insight into the concept of safety. I choose three approaches: (1) an etymological and conceptual-historical analysis of the terms securitas and certitudo; (2) an existential-phenomenological analysis of safety as a basic human experience and need; (3) a hermeneutical and post-phenomenological understanding of contemporary threats to safety in a high-technological society. The main conclusion is that considerations of safety should reach beyond the modern false dilemma between subjective freedom and objective control, towards a better understanding of the complicated relationship between trust and security.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Cultural Construction of Safety and Security
Subtitle of host publication	Imaginaries, Discourses and Philosophies that Shaped Modern Europe
Editors	Gemma Blok, Jan Oosterholt
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Publisher	Amsterdam University Press
Chapter	1
Pages	27-45
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	9789048554768, 9789048555208
ISBN (Print)	9789463720472
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5117/9789463720472_ch01
Publication status	Published - 30 Dec 2023

Keywords

safety
security
certainty
trust
phenomenology
Patočka

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Security, Certainty, Trust: Historical and Contemporary Aspects of the Concept of Safety. / Evink, C.E.
The Cultural Construction of Safety and Security: Imaginaries, Discourses and Philosophies that Shaped Modern Europe. ed. / Gemma Blok; Jan Oosterholt. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2023. p. 27-45.

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