Geopolitische Identitäten : Kritik der Ethnisierung einer sich regionalisierenden Welt als paradigmatische Erweiterung der Friedensforschung

Geopolitical identities : broadening the peace research paradigm by criticizing the ethnic regionalization of the world

  • The post cold war world order is popularly discussed in terms of what Samuel Huntington has called the "clash of civilizations". The authors hold that Huntington is just a prominent example of the trend which constructs geopolitical identities based on ethnic definitions of world regions, where ethnicitiy is understood to be a primordial, transhistorical and static understanding of cultural identities. In their paper, they extensively deconstruct this concept of ethnicity, drawing parallels with the history of nationalism and nation-building, and analyze its functions for legitimizing projects of building exclusive economic blocs in Europe, America and Pacific Asia. At present, ethnic concepts of world regions are competing with liberal, non-ethnic identities of the three world regions. Finally, the dangerous potentials of ethnic regionalization are discussed. From a peace research perspective, support for a common global identity of "mankind" is strongly advocated.

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Author details:Hartwig Hummel, Birgit Wehrhöfer
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-11137
Publication type:Postprint
Language:German
Publication year:1996
Publishing institution:Universität Potsdam
Release date:2006/12/08
Source:WeltTrends : Zeitschrift für internationale Politik und vergleichende Studien. - 12 (1996). - S. 7 - 34
RVK - Regensburg classification:MA 8157
Organizational units:Extern / Extern
DDC classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft / 320 Politikwissenschaft
Collection(s):Universität Potsdam / Zeitschriften / WeltTrends : Zeitschrift für internationale Politik, ISSN 0944-8101 / Globaler Kulturkampf? 12 (1996)
External remark:erschienen in: WeltTrends : Zeitschrift für internationale Politik und vergleichende Studien. - 12 (1996)
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