Critical situations, fundamental questions and ontological insecurity in world politics
Apstrakt
The central premise of ontological security theory is that states are ready to compromise their physical security and other important material gains in order to protect their ontological security. While the existing studies have primarily focused on how states defend or maintain their ontological security, little attention has been paid to critical situations that make states ontologically insecure in the first place. Drawing on the work of Anthony Giddens, I conceptualise critical situations in world politics as radical disjunctions that challenge the ability of collective actors to 'go on' by bringing into the realm of discursive consciousness four fundamental questions related to existence, finitude, relations and autobiography. The argument is illustrated in a case study of ontological insecurity produced in Serbia by the secession of Kosovo.
Ključne reči:
critical situations / discourse / fundamental questions / Kosovo / ontological security / SerbiaIzvor:
Journal of International Relations and Development, 2018, 21, 4, 883-908Izdavač:
- Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Basingstoke
Napomena:
- Peer-reviewed manuscript: http://rfpn.fpn.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/834
Povezane informacije:
- Druga verzija
http://rfpn.fpn.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/834
DOI: 10.1057/s41268-017-0083-3
ISSN: 1408-6980
WoS: 000456661100004
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85014703299
Kolekcije
Institucija/grupa
FPNTY - JOUR AU - Ejdus, Filip PY - 2018 UR - http://rfpn.fpn.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/668 AB - The central premise of ontological security theory is that states are ready to compromise their physical security and other important material gains in order to protect their ontological security. While the existing studies have primarily focused on how states defend or maintain their ontological security, little attention has been paid to critical situations that make states ontologically insecure in the first place. Drawing on the work of Anthony Giddens, I conceptualise critical situations in world politics as radical disjunctions that challenge the ability of collective actors to 'go on' by bringing into the realm of discursive consciousness four fundamental questions related to existence, finitude, relations and autobiography. The argument is illustrated in a case study of ontological insecurity produced in Serbia by the secession of Kosovo. PB - Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Basingstoke T2 - Journal of International Relations and Development T1 - Critical situations, fundamental questions and ontological insecurity in world politics EP - 908 IS - 4 SP - 883 VL - 21 DO - 10.1057/s41268-017-0083-3 ER -
@article{ author = "Ejdus, Filip", year = "2018", abstract = "The central premise of ontological security theory is that states are ready to compromise their physical security and other important material gains in order to protect their ontological security. While the existing studies have primarily focused on how states defend or maintain their ontological security, little attention has been paid to critical situations that make states ontologically insecure in the first place. Drawing on the work of Anthony Giddens, I conceptualise critical situations in world politics as radical disjunctions that challenge the ability of collective actors to 'go on' by bringing into the realm of discursive consciousness four fundamental questions related to existence, finitude, relations and autobiography. The argument is illustrated in a case study of ontological insecurity produced in Serbia by the secession of Kosovo.", publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Basingstoke", journal = "Journal of International Relations and Development", title = "Critical situations, fundamental questions and ontological insecurity in world politics", pages = "908-883", number = "4", volume = "21", doi = "10.1057/s41268-017-0083-3" }
Ejdus, F.. (2018). Critical situations, fundamental questions and ontological insecurity in world politics. in Journal of International Relations and Development Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Basingstoke., 21(4), 883-908. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41268-017-0083-3
Ejdus F. Critical situations, fundamental questions and ontological insecurity in world politics. in Journal of International Relations and Development. 2018;21(4):883-908. doi:10.1057/s41268-017-0083-3 .
Ejdus, Filip, "Critical situations, fundamental questions and ontological insecurity in world politics" in Journal of International Relations and Development, 21, no. 4 (2018):883-908, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41268-017-0083-3 . .