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The postcolonial moment in security studies


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Article

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Authors

BARKAWI, TARAK 
LAFFEY, MARK 

Abstract

jats:pIn this article, we critique the Eurocentric character of security studies as it has developed since World War II. The taken-for-granted historical geographies that underpin security studies systematically misrepresent the role of the global South in security relations and lead to a distorted view of Europe and the West in world politics. Understanding security relations, past and present, requires acknowledging the mutual constitution of European and non-European worlds and their joint role in making history. The politics of Eurocentric security studies, those of the powerful, prevent adequate understanding of the nature or legitimacy of the armed resistance of the weak. Through analysis of the explanatory and political problems Eurocentrism generates, this article lays the groundwork for the development of a non-Eurocentric security studies.</jats:p>

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4408 Political Science, 44 Human Society, 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Journal Title

Review of International Studies

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Journal ISSN

0260-2105
1469-9044

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Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)