Macht „Macht“ Diskurse produktiv?

Wisotzki, Simone

doi:10.1007/978-3-663-10521-3_5

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“…Continuing the course set by Wisotzki (2005) and her Bourdieu-inspired analysis of French and British nuclear weapons policies, we claim that Bourdieu's social theory provides valuable tools for analysing how powerful actors can shape our thinking and policies in the realm of nuclear weapons. The added value of Bourdieu's theory is twofold.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Our article thus adds to a burgeoning literature approaching security-related issues from a Bourdieuian perspective (Bigo and Madsen, 2011; Mérand, 2010; Villumsen, 2008; Villumsen Berling, 2011; Williams, 2007). With the exception of very few authors (Rix, 1997; Villumsen Berling, 2011; Wisotzki, 2005), the literature on nuclear weapons still hesitates to embrace the theoretical tools of the French sociologist. Therefore, we understand our article as an attempt to do so.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Bourdieu and the bomb: Power, language and the doxic battle over the value of nuclear weapons

Senn

Elhardt²

2013

European Journal of International Relations

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Building on Bourdieu's social theory, this article shows how powerful agents are able to challenge deeply engrained assumptions about the value of nuclear weapons. To illustrate the value of a Bourdieu-inspired analysis in the field of nuclear weapons, we apply his thinking tools of field, symbolic capital and doxa to the recent plea for nuclear disarmament by the US elder statesmen Shultz, Perry, Kissinger and Nunn. We analyse how the four revitalized the topic of nuclear disarmament, moving it from the fringes of peace research and grass-roots advocacy to the mainstream of academic research and politics. We argue that the historical context, the high symbolic capital of Shultz and his colleagues, and an appealing narrative that draws on commonplace understandings made their plea resonate with security elites.

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confidence: 98%