States and ontological security: A historical rethinking
States and ontological security: A historical rethinking
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国家和本体论安全：历史反思
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2017
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Ayşe Zarakol
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作者：
Ayşe Zarakol
在这篇简短的文章中，我探讨了“国家”（或更广泛地说，政治权威机构）与本体论安全之间的关系。根据历史例子，我认为假设所有“国家”都寻求本体论安全是错误的：这种概括仅适用于那些声称是主要本体论安全提供者的政体。然后，我发展了历史上存在的制度本体论安全条款安排的类型学，认为本体论安全概念对国际关系（IR）有价值的另一个原因是，它提供了一种跨时间和空间比较系统的方法，而不假定政治或宗教的首要地位。总之，国际关系不必将其对本体安全概念的使用限制为“国家身份”的同义词——本体安全可以提供的远不止于此，它可以帮助学科跨越时间和空间。
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.