Introduction
Security originated from the word securitas in Latin, which literally means “freedom from care, unconcern, composure” (Arends 2008, p. 264). It has also had different meanings, such as the freedom from fear and the absence of threats. It has historically been perceived as a core goal of state behavior in International Relations, which is to survive in an anarchical structure. Since the meaning of security has been changing according to the political and social contexts, the security discourse over the primary provider of security, the referent to be secured, and the types of threats and insecurities has also been in change. This entry attempts to discover the changes in the security discourse, while taking into account the role of language in sha** perception of what security is really about and the differences in this perceptions between different periods of time.
The conceptualization of security has always been political-driven. Arends argues that there are two phases...
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Uzun, Ö.S. (2023). Security Discourse. In: Romaniuk, S.N., Marton, P.N. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Security Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74319-6_125
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