Arguing Against Security Communitarianism

Pinar Bilgin

Abstract

Anthony Burke’s ‘security cosmopolitanism’ is a fresh and thought-provoking contribution to critical theorizing about security. In this discussion piece, I would like to join Burke’s call for ‘security cosmopolitanism’ by way of arguing against ‘security communitarianism’. I understand the latter as a particular approach that seeks to limit the scope of security to one’s community – be it the ‘nation-state’ or ‘civilization’. I will suggest that arguing against ‘security communitarianism’ requires paying further attention to the postcolonial critique of cosmopolitanism.
Original languageEnglish
JournalCritical Studies on Security
Volume3
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)176
Number of pages181
ISSN2162-4909
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Faculty of Social Sciences
  • postcolonial
  • critical security studies
  • security
  • cosmopolitalism
  • postcolonial

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