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prefers Michael Mann’s (1987: 35) definition of militarism as ‘a set of attitudes and social practices which regards war and the preparation for war as a normal and desirable social activity’. Shaw (2013: 19–20) writes: It is sociologically unenlightening to restrict the meaning to ideology: the core idea is the ‘carrying’ of
A key question is whether these militaristic activities—often quite persistent and widespread—are part of a pattern of faithfulness to, or a deviation from, their underlying reli- gious worldview.
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Sep 1, 2021 · Abstract. In this article, we trace the interconnections between humanitarianism and militarism. We highlight the significance of a geographical perspective in emphasizing the spatial and multiscalar dimensions of this changing relationship, particularly in Western states.
- Killian McCormack, Emily Gilbert
- 2021
Defining Conflict Theory. In general, conflict theory seeks to scientifically explain the general contours of conflict in society: how conflict starts and varies, and the effects it brings. The central concerns of conflict theory are the unequal distribution of scarce resources and power.
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Indeed, this is the essence of militarism—its ability to be simultaneously local and global, to connect different geographical spaces and meaning systems through organized violence or the preparation for it, while obscuring the workings of the connective circuitry.
- Hugh Gusterson, Catherine Besteman
- 2019
Jan 1, 2018 · Instead, the article presents an understanding of militarism as ideology as a way out of these difficulties, showing how a critique of violence based on this concept of militarism rather than security can be more effective.
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Militarism is an aspect of state behavior and identity that can easily shape many of the topics that realists and neorealists traditionally examine: state response to threats, the decision to go to war, how states decide to prosecute conflict, and the incentives that states have to negotiate rather than fight when the balance of material factors...
