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Анализиране на връзката между социална идентичност и дилемата за сигурност
Analyzing the Relationship Between Social Identity and the Security Dilemma

Author(s): Tsvetan Petkov
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, International Law, Sociology, Social Theory
Published by: Институт за знание, наука и иновации ЕООД
Keywords: security dilemma; social identity; social psychology; conflict and confrontation

Summary/Abstract: This analysis, following the Copenhagen School approach that broadens and deepens the understanding of security, examines the security dilemma, one of the most fundamental concepts in international relations, from an identity perspective. It reassesses it in light of the theory of the „social/inter-societal security dilemma.” The analysis has two main claims. First, since understanding inter-societal conflict is in a sense an understanding of identity dynamics, entering the field of social psychology is inevitable. Therefore, the study analyzes the social security dilemma with an interdisciplinary approach. Second, according to this analysis, there is a gap/transition in the stages of emergence of the social security dilemma (developed by Paul Rowe). The analysis proposes to fill this gap with a concept from the discipline of social psychology – confrontation

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