Comparative Analysis of the Security in the Neorealist and Postmodern Perspective
Subject Areas :محمد رضا اقارب پرست 1 , محمد میلاد شجاعی 2
1 - عضو هیات علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد شهرضا
2 - دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد شهرضا
Keywords: Post-Modernism, nation-state, International Security, Comparative Analysis, Neo-Realism", security doctrine,
Abstract :
Abstract Security is the vital and important subject in international relations. Theories of international relations provide different view about the state of creating secure condition or emergence of insecurity. Therefore, the question of security is the preoccupation of most theorists in this field. The question raised by the present article is "What homogeneities and heterogeneity exist between postmodernism and neorealism in security field?" The underlying hypothesis is that regarding the positivist and post positivist approaches of the two, neorealism and post modernism show different views about security. The paper by using comparative approach deals with the issue of security from neorealist and post-modernist viewpoints to show their similarities and differences. The finding of the study shows that neorealism has strengthened the position of super-government in the field of security. However the common basis of all postmodern beliefs is that, the state is not the main and exclusive actor in the established positivist approach.
