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Ontological security-seeking : national identities under stress / Regina Karp

Type de contenu
  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Type de support
  • Volume
Titre(s)
  • Ontological security-seeking : national identities under stress / Regina Karp
Auteur(s)
Publication
  • London New York (N.Y.) : Routledge, 2025
Description matérielle
  • 1 vol. (164 p.) ; 24 cm
Collection
  • Routledge global security studies
ISBN
  • 978-1-0328-0434-7
  • 1-03-280434-3
  • 978-1-0328-0436-1
  • 1-03-280436-X
EAN
  • 9781032804347 rel.
Appartient à la collection
  • Routledge global security studies (Print)
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 341.244
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Bibliogr. en fin de chapitres. Index
Note sur le contenu
  • Germanness and Swedishness The rise of the civilian power narrative Civilian power and defense Sociability and egotism : a 'powerful' Germany ? Decline and revival of neutrality Neutrality narrative and stress management Limits to defense cooperation and the (almost) collapse of the national narrative
Résumé ou extrait
  • "This book addresses a central puzzle in ontological security theory, namely the relationship between identity continuity and change, and the role anxiety plays in fostering and inhibiting change. The work argues for a more nuanced perspective on how change and threats to national identity relate, thus advancing our understanding of the role anxiety plays in shaping state choices. The case studies of Sweden and Germany show that national identity can experience highly disruptive challenges when the external security environment changes. According to extant ontological security theory, these structural challenges should lead to heightened anxiety and identity crises as national narratives become unstable and fragile. Instead, the empirical evidence shows that states turn ontological anxiety into strategies of anxiety abatement, management, and ontological innovation. The evidence also reveals that states go to extraordinary lengths to maintain existing narratives, discursively manoeuvring between the twin needs of biographical continuity and responsiveness to change. In their efforts to adapt and preserve identity, states embrace ontological ambiguity; they neither fully respond to change, nor do they ignore it. Rather, they strive for discursive innovation where new interpretations of how to be are balanced with new interpretations of the meaning of necessary change. In the process, ontological ambiguity becomes the new normal. These findings suggest that Sweden and Germany may not be outliers, and that being and becoming is an inherent feature of social life all state actors must engage with. This book will be of interest to students of security studies, European politics, foreign policy and International Relations." (p. de garde)
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