TY  - GEN
A1  - Hummel, Hartwig
A1  - Wehrhöfer, Birgit
T1  - Geopolitische Identitäten : Kritik der Ethnisierung einer sich regionalisierenden Welt als paradigmatische Erweiterung der Friedensforschung
T1  - Geopolitical identities : broadening the peace research paradigm by criticizing the ethnic regionalization of  the world
N2  - The post cold war world order is popularly discussed in terms of what Samuel Huntington has called the "clash of civilizations". The authors hold that Huntington is just a prominent example of the trend which constructs geopolitical identities based on ethnic definitions of world regions, where ethnicitiy is understood to be a primordial, transhistorical and static understanding of cultural identities. In their paper, they extensively deconstruct this concept of ethnicity, drawing parallels with the history of nationalism and nation-building, and analyze its functions for legitimizing projects of building exclusive economic blocs in Europe, America and Pacific Asia. At present, ethnic concepts of world regions are competing with liberal, non-ethnic identities of the three world regions. Finally, the dangerous potentials of ethnic regionalization are discussed. From a peace research perspective, support for a common global identity of "mankind" is strongly advocated.
Y1  - 2006
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1033
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-11137
ER  -