NATO, Civilisation and Individuals: The Unconscious Dimension of International Security

Author:   Sarah da Mota
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
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9783030089849


Pages:   241
Publication Date:   24 January 2019
Format:   Paperback
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NATO, Civilisation and Individuals: The Unconscious Dimension of International Security


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This book critically engages with NATO’s two main referent objects of security: civilisation and individuals. By rethinking the seemingly natural assumption of these two referent objects, it suggests the epistemological importance of an unconscious dimension to understand meaning formation and behaviour change in international security.  The book provides a historicised and genealogical approach of the idea of civilisation that is at the core of the Alliance, in which human needs, narratives, and security arrangements are interconnected. It suggests that there is a Civilised Subject of Security at the core of modern Western security that has constantly produced civilised and secure subjects around the world, which explains NATO’s emergence around a civilisational referent. The book then proceeds by considering the Individualisation of Security after the Cold War as another stage of the civilising process, based on NATO’s military operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and Afghanistan.

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Author:   Sarah da Mota
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783030089849


ISBN 10:   3030089843
Pages:   241
Publication Date:   24 January 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Chapter 1/Introduction. Seeking alternative connections between civilisation and security1.1. The unconscious question1.2. Questioning NATO’s change1.3. The problem of time1.4. The argument2. Chapter 2. IR’s disciplinary connections with Western civilisation3. Chapter 3. Individualising civilisation: the Civilised Subject of Security3.1. The civilised habitus3.2. The unconscious dimension of security4. Chapter 4. Standards of Civilisation: architecting security, order, and hierarchy5. Chapter 5. NATO’s deep origins (1939-1949): unbreaking the civilised habitus?5.1. World War II: barbarism unleashed5.2. The never civilised Soviet Union?5.3. A “spiritual union”: a tool for self-restraint?5.4. Rearranging security, repositioning power: the process of rebuilding interdependence among the civilised6. Chapter 6. NATO’s Cold War evolution: civilisation from referent object to standard 6.1. The Treaty: making a new standard, continuing the civilised habitus6.2. The 1950’s – 1960’s: “the peril from disunity”6.3. The 1970’s – 1980’s: “the pace of change is accelerating”7. Chapter 7. Post-Cold War NATO: new ways and reasons for coexistence7.1. The new Strategic Concept (1991): continuity amidst the new (in)security environment7.2. ‘The promise of democracy is for the civilised only’: setting the standards for Partners and new members8. Chapter 8. The Individualisation of Security: a new architecture for international security8.1. The Individualisation of Security as the consecration of a value-based system8.2. The Individualisation of Security in the hands of the military: reproducing civilising power9. Chapter 9. The Individualisation of Security within NATO9.1. Bosnia: from “Denying Flight” to “Deliberate Force”9.2. Kosovo: the “Allied Force”9.3. Afghanistan: taking command of ISAF10. Chapter 10. Conclusion

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Sarah da Mota is currently researching astropolitics and the impact of space exploration for IR, peace and security. She has co-authored Drones and the uninsurable security subjects (Third World Quarterly) and Visibility and Politics: an Arendtian reading of US drone policy (Nação e Defesa). 

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