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Agonistic security: Transcending (de/re)constructive divides in critical security studies

dc.contributor.authorTulumello, Simone
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-16T13:59:48Z
dc.date.available2020-09-16T13:59:48Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThis article is a contribution to transcending the dichotomy between deconstruction and reconstruction in critical security studies. In the first part, I review dominant (Western/liberal) logics of security and the main strands of critical security studies to argue for the need to: overcome the liberal framework of the balance among rights and freedom, with its inherent imbrication with the fantasy of absolute security; and, contra the ultimate conclusions of deconstructive critique, to take the desire for security seriously at the same time. By advocating for embracing the tensions that surface at this intersection, I then move to my reconstructive endeavor. I set out a meta-theory with both analytical and normative nature, agonistic security, inspired by the political theory developed by Mouffe and Laclau. Building on the opposition between antagonism and agonism, I argue that security belongs to the “political”, and that it constitutes a field of struggle for politicization. I then argue for three conceptual shifts, which concretely define agonistic security: i) from an absolute/static to a relational/dynamic understanding of security; ii) from universalism to pluralism at a world scale; and iii) from the dominance of individual rights in Western/liberal thinking toward security as a collective endeavor. In conclusion, I take a step back and discuss the implications of agonistic security for the role of critique in security studies.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationTulumello S. (2021). Agonistic security: Transcending (de/re)constructive divides in critical security studies. Security Dialogue, 52(4), 325-342 (First Published September 16, 2020). DOI: 10.1177/0967010620945081pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0967010620945081pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1460-3640
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/44383
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationspt_PT
dc.relationDL57/2016/CP1441/CT0007pt_PT
dc.relationUID/SOC/50013/2017pt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0967010620945081pt_PT
dc.subjectagonism and antagonismpt_PT
dc.subjectemancipationpt_PT
dc.subjecthuman rightspt_PT
dc.subjectright to securitypt_PT
dc.subjectsecurity logicspt_PT
dc.subjectvulnerabilitypt_PT
dc.titleAgonistic security: Transcending (de/re)constructive divides in critical security studiespt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.titleSecurity Dialoguept_PT
person.familyNameTulumello
person.givenNameSimone
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-6660-3432
person.identifier.ridO-2248-2016
person.identifier.scopus-author-id56382436700
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