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Security is often seen as the result of material protections, institutions, and protocols, but it also depends fundamentally on imagination, fantasy, and fiction. Security is thus profoundly futurological and a primary lens through which modern peoples and states contemplate their possible futures.
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Melley, T. (2019). Security. In: Paul, H. (eds) Critical Terms in Futures Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28987-4_41
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