1st Edition

Ontological Insecurity in the European Union

Edited By Catarina Kinnvall, Ian Manners, Jennifer Mitzen Copyright 2020
182 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

The European Union (EU) faces many crises and risks to its security and existence. While few of them threaten the lives of EU citizens, they all create a sense of anxiety and insecurity about the future for many ordinary Europeans. This comprehensive volume explores the concept of ‘ontological security’ which was introduced into international relations over a decade ago to better understand the... Read more
1. Introduction: Ontological (in)security in the European Union

Catarina Kinnvall, Ian Manners and Jennifer Mitzen



2. Narrating Europe: the EU’s ontological security dilemma

Vincent Della Sala



3. Breaking with Europe’s pasts: memory, reconciliation, and ontological (In)security

Bahar Rumelili



4. Political memory, ontological security, and Holocaust remembrance in post-communist Europe

Jelena Subotic



5. Socio-psychological reactions in the EU to immigration: from regaining ontological security to desecuritisation

Tal Dingott Alkopher



6. Brexit, existential anxiety and ontological (in)security

Christopher S. Browning



7. The market for ontological security

Elke Krahmann



8. Countering hybrid warfare as ontological security management: the emerging practices of the EU and NATO

Maria Mälksoo



9. Anxious community: EU as (in)security community

Jennifer Mitzen

Biography

Catarina Kinnvall is Professor of Political Science at Lund University, Sweden. Her research is focused on global security, migration, religion and nationalism, with a particular emphasis on South Asia and Europe.





Ian Manners is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. His research interests lie at the nexus of critical social theory and the study of the European Union in planetary politics, including global society, economy, environment, conflict, and politics.





Jennifer Mitzen is Associate Professor of Political Science at The Ohio State University, USA, with research interests in international relations theory, global governance, and international security.