Research on ontological security in world politics has mushroomed since the early 2000s
but seems to have reached an impasse. Ontological security is a conceptual lens for …

This article proceeds from a critical analysis of gendered narratives of nationhood as
manifested in far-right populist politics and discourses in response to major security …

In this article, I address the particular narratives and discourses that respond to increased
feelings of uncertainty, anxiety, and fear, so-called ontological insecurities, and their …

ABSTRACT 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 …

The Political Sociology of Emotions articulates the political sociology of emotions as a sub-
field of emotions sociology in relation to cognate disciplines and sub-disciplines. Far from …

The research community of ontological security scholars is vibrant and wide-ranging,
defined by a conceptual core and by the themes through which scholars register their …

This article is focused on the appeal of far-right populist politics in the everyday and how this
appeal is related to continuity and change in the global order. Contemporary societies have …

Identity is the master variable for many constructivist scholars of international politics. In this
comparative study, Richard Ned Lebow shows that states do not have identities any more …

The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize 2012 to the EU (European Union) came as a
surprise. Not only was the eurozone economic crisis undermining both policy effectiveness …

Part road-trip comedy and part social science experiment, a scientist and a journalist detail
their epic quest to discover the secret behind what makes things funny. Two guys. 19 …