International Security and Black Politics: A Biographical Note Toward an Institutional Critique

IF 2.2 2区社会学 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Security Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-20 DOI:10.1080/09636412.2023.2246874

Robbie Shilliam

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Abstract

Abstract In this afterword, I claim that the distance that sets apart the study of black politics and international security is neither neutral nor natural but crafted through racism. Using the biography of John Herz, alongside other scholars, I shed light on an intellectual tradition that treats black politics and international security as mutually constitutive phenomena. I demonstrate, however, that during the Cold War their study was fractured into two discrete institutional configurations. I claim that academic institutions are entangled in the curtailment of the black freedom struggle in the US. To orient security studies towards the challenge posed by Black Lives Matter might require no less than an institutional reconfiguration of the field.

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国际安全与黑人政治：迈向制度批判的传记说明

摘要在这篇后记中，我声称黑人政治和国际安全研究之间的距离既不是中立的，也不是自然形成的，而是通过种族主义精心设计的。通过约翰-赫茨的传记以及其他学者的研究，我揭示了将黑人政治和国际安全视为相互构成现象的思想传统。然而，我证明，在冷战时期，他们的研究被分裂成两种不同的机构配置。我声称，学术机构与美国黑人自由斗争的缩减息息相关。要使安全研究面向 "黑人生命事件 "提出的挑战，可能需要对该领域进行机构重组。

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Security Studies INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-

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2.70

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16.70%

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