Security
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22367178 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bernardo Zacka (0000-0002-6037-3015, University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-05 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea1738 |
| OpenAlex | W4238346669 |
| ISBN | 9781118924396 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Security may be defined as the absence of threat, real or perceived, to what we value. Any discussion of security presupposes a referent—a specification of what it is that must be secured—and a threat—an indication of what the referent must be protected from. For much of the twentieth century, the study of security was the purview of scholars of international relations, who put the accent on the state as a referent of security and on threats that were military in nature. Since the end of the Cold War, however, the study of security has expanded in new directions
Cold war · Computer security · Linguistics · Political science · Referent · Security studies · Computer Science · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Global Security and Public Health · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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