DIASPORIC SECURITY AND JEWISH IDENTITY
2014; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 13; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/14725886.2013.824231
ISSN1472-5894
Autores Tópico(s)Migration, Refugees, and Integration
ResumoAbstractThis paper explores the relationship between identity and security through an investigation into Jewish diasporic identity. The paper argues that the convention of treating identity as an objective referent of security is problematic, as the Jewish diaspora experience demonstrates. The paper presents a new way of conceptualizing identity and security by introducing the concept of diasporic security. Diasporic security reflects the geographical experience of being a member of a trans-state community, of having a fluid identity that is shaped by sometimes contradictory discourses emanating from a community that resides both at home and abroad. In introducing the concept of diasporic security, the paper makes use of literature in Diaspora Studies, Security Studies, recent works in contemporary political theory and sociology, and Woody Allen's film, Deconstructing Harry (1997). AcknowledgementsI would like to thank Yulia Egorova, Brian Klug, Bethamie Horowitz, Brent Steele and Luca Trenta for comments on earlier drafts. An early version of this paper was presented at a conference on Jewish Identity and Security hosted by St Aidan's College, Durham University.Additional informationNotes on contributorsIlan Zvi Baron is a lecturer in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University. He has held research posts at the Institut Barcelona D'Estudis Internacionals and the London School of Economics. He is the author of Justifying The Obligation to Die: War, Ethics and Political Obligation with Illustrations from Zionism (Lexington, 2009).
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