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 language | English |
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Journal | Critical Studies on Security |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 176 |
Number of pages | 181 |
ISSN | 2162-4909 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- postcolonial
- critical security studies
- security
- cosmopolitalism
- postcolonial