Arguing against security communitarianism
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Date
2015-09-02Source Title
Critical Studies on Security
Print ISSN
2162-4887
Electronic ISSN
2162-4909
Publisher
Routledge
Volume
3
Issue
2
Pages
176 - 181
Language
English
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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.