The Politics of Crisis in Historical Perspective

The Politics of Crisis in Historical Perspective

By Mikkel Flohr Crisis is a central concept in contemporary political discourse; we are constantly told that we are in crisis – often several crises at once. We have endured several financial and geopolitical crises since 9/11. We have only recently emerged from a prolonged pandemic and now find ourselves in the midst of an economic and a geopolitical crisis against the backdrop of a climate crisis that threatens the very conditions of human exi…