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Athina Karatzogianni

2016

War and Conflict Studies

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Schizorevolutions Vs. Microfascisms: The Fear Of Anarchy In State Securitization, Athina Karatzogianni, Andy Robinson Oct 2016

Schizorevolutions Vs. Microfascisms: The Fear Of Anarchy In State Securitization, Athina Karatzogianni, Andy Robinson

Athina Karatzogianni


This article examines how hierarchy operates as a productive political structure in state securitization, within the third logic of Mattern and Zarakol’s (2016: 623) three logics of hierarchy operationalized in International Relations scholarship: Hierarchy as an institutional function bargain between actors (a logic of trade-offs); hierarchy as differentiated social and political roles shaping behavior (a logic of positionality); and hierarchy as a productive political space or structure (a logic of productivity). In Mattern and Zarakol (2016), ‘the feature of hierarchies most central to the logic of productivity is their practical or performative, ontology’ (p. 641) with the focal point ‘disclosing the mechanisms of …