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Article detail · 2017

States and ontological security: A historical rethinking

Journal

Cooperation and Conflict

ISSN 0010-8367

YÖKSİS OpenAlex Open access · green SJR Q1 JCR Q1 Citations 197 Top 1% Percentile 99.7% FWCI 46.7
Year
2017
DOI
10.1177/0010836716653158
Type
article

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  • YÖKSİS venue COOPERATION AND CONFLICT
  • Catalog match (ISSN) Cooperation and Conflict
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Abstract

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In this brief essay, I explore the relationship between ‘states’ (or more broadly, institutions of political authority) and ontological security. Drawing from historical examples, I argue that it is a mistake to assume that all ‘states’ seek ontological security: this generalisation applies only to those polities that claim to be the main ontological security providers. I then develop a typology of institutional ontological security provision arrangements as have existed throughout history, arguing that another reason the concept of ontological security is valuable for international relations (IR) is because it offers a way to compare systems across time and space without assuming the primacy of politics or religion. In summary, IR does not have to limit its use of the concept of ontological security to a synonym for ‘state identity’ – ontological security can offer much more than that by helping the discipline reach across time and space.

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Citations

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197 citations

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15 publications in the local catalog that cite this work (OpenAlex reference match; not the full global list).

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  10. Anxieties of a Self-Claimed Middle Power: Ruptures and Continuities in Turkish Foreign Policy in the New Millennium and the Puzzle of Ontological (in) Security 2025 Citations 2 · OpenAlex

Authors

  1. AYŞE ZARAKOL JAJICH SABANCI ÜNİVERSİTESİ