From Liminars to Others: Securitization Through Myths

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Title	From Liminars to Others: Securitization Through Myths
URL	http://www.gmu.edu/academic/pcs/Friis7...
Description	The article discusses the rise of societal and ethnic conflicts. It focuses on some of the analytical tools designed to illuminate these processes. More specifically it builds on the framework of the so-called Copenhagen School of Security Studies" but seeks to develop a more flexible approach on the concept of identity. To understand how an identity gains strength, Roland Barthes. theory of myths is examined and combined with Michel Foucault's concept of power. Finally a concept of agency is added, namely what has been labeled a .conflict entrepreneur.. It is argued that by combining these theoretical insights the process of constructing Self and Other, and the subsequent alienation of those who not fit these categories, will be better understood." - Abstract
Authors / Editors	Friis, Karsten
Date Published	November 2000
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