Geopolitische Identitäten : Kritik der Ethnisierung einer sich regionalisierenden Welt als paradigmatische Erweiterung der Friedensforschung
Geopolitical identities : broadening the peace research paradigm by criticizing the ethnic regionalization of the world
- 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.
Author details: | Hartwig Hummel, Birgit Wehrhöfer |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-11137 |
Publication type: | Postprint |
Language: | German |
Publication year: | 1996 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Release date: | 2006/12/08 |
Source: | WeltTrends : Zeitschrift für internationale Politik und vergleichende Studien. - 12 (1996). - S. 7 - 34 |
RVK - Regensburg classification: | MA 8157 |
Organizational units: | Extern / Extern |
DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft / 320 Politikwissenschaft |
Collection(s): | Universität Potsdam / Zeitschriften / WeltTrends : Zeitschrift für internationale Politik, ISSN 0944-8101 / Globaler Kulturkampf? 12 (1996) |
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