Citation

Shah N. Secur. Dialogue 2010; 41(6): 631-638.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0967010610388207

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Buzan & Hansen (2009) point to the role of historical claims in constituting disciplinary identities. Examining their intellectual history, this article evaluates how their use of an evolution metaphor establishes ‘history’ and how this history makes ‘security’ and ‘security studies’ intelligible. The article demonstrates that although Buzan & Hansen establish International Security Studies as being comprised of diverse theoretical approaches, they do so with a model of history that sanctions a realist conception of security. More broadly, Buzan & Hansen compel an exploration of the tensions between history and genealogy in security studies.