CURRENTS OF THOUGHT REGARDING THE STUDY OF SECURITY
CURRENTS OF THOUGHT REGARDING THE STUDY OF SECURITY

Author(s): ANDRADA ILIE
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Education, Security and defense, Higher Education
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: security; security construction; positivism; Copenhagen School; postmodernism;
Summary/Abstract: Over time, there have been several theories of knowledge that have generated individual definitions of security. This paper presents a brief overview of the main such views on security. The first theory mentioned is positivism which implies an objective approach, based on natural scientific methods in which concepts such as: balance of power, number of military forces and interaction between states are used. Beginning with constructivism, the paper focuses on postmodernism, as it is a concept built around the idea that the world is a product of social interactions. This theory has led to the idea of building security in the contemporary international political process, starting from "security" and "security threats". The paper recalls the Copenhagen School highlighted through the number and scope found for the term "security".

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