Securitization and Exclusive Victimhood: The Nature of the Experience of Collective Threat Cover Image

Szekuritizáció és exkluzív áldozattudat. A kollektív fenyegetettségélmény természetrajza
Securitization and Exclusive Victimhood: The Nature of the Experience of Collective Threat

Author(s): Réka Szilárdi
Subject(s): Criminology, Social Norms / Social Control, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: securitization; victimhood; collective perception; Hungary; Central and Eastern Europe

Summary/Abstract: The research on collective victimhood has been emphasised in the last few decades, mainly in social psychology, and especially in narrative research, but both theoretical and empirical results are applicable to almost the whole range of social sciences. This paper explores the relationship between securitisation theory and victimisation, primarily from the perspective of the so-called threatened collective identity. In addition to firstly detailing the concept of securitisation and the victimisation approach, it focuses on how the social characteristics of Central and Eastern Europe and within Hungary render society itself both suitable and vulnerable to the securitisation practices of power actors.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 12-20
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Hungarian