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October 11, 2025Global Studies QuarterlyOpen Access

Singular Vulnerability: Notes on the Apprehension of Precarious Life

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THTimothy J. HuzarKing's College London

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Implication

This paper reveals the concept of apprehension to enhance vulnerability discussions in the Global South, suggesting new theoretical frameworks.

Key Points

  • Understanding singularity is essential for addressing vulnerability effectively, highlighting unique life experiences.
  • The concept of apprehension moves beyond recognition, allowing deeper engagement with precarious lives often abstracted in traditional narratives.
  • Using narrative value, the work emphasizes the need for personal accounts to resist flattened colonial perspectives.
  • This analysis offers new methodical approaches for exploring vulnerability and fragile lives in contemporary discourse.

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Timothy J. Huzar (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e9b1c1ba7d64b6fc132429https://doi.org/10.1093/isagsq/ksaf083
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