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Ontologisk (o)medvetenhet: Militära diskurser om verklighet
Swedish National Defence College.
2011 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

Rupert Smith (2006) menar att det har skett ett paradigmskifte inom krigföringen. Från ett industriellt krig till ett krig "amongst the People". De moderna konflikterna vi ser idag i Irak och Afghanistan går i linje med hans resonemang. Motståndaren är inte längre en annan nationalstat, utan en icke-statlig aktör som inte uppträder på ett militärt traditionellt sätt. Numera är andra entiteter än plattformar viktiga, till exempel klanstrukturer eller kultur. Utifrån detta måste vi då ställa oss frågan om världen har förändrats, eller åtminstone om den militära verkligen har gjort det och hur militären har uppfattar denna förändring. Studien tar sin utgångspunkt i en diskursanalys av militär verklighet och ställer sig frågan hur verkligheten konstrueras utifrån detta paradigmskifte. Genom att skapa ett militärfilosofiskt begrepp, undersöks om det finns en ontologisk medvetenhet inom denna diskurs. Studiens resultat visar på att verklighet konstrueras utifrån nationalstatens ontologi och epistemologi. Begrepp, kategorier och metaforer från det industriella kriget används i hög grad för att konstruera verklighet genom att dessa flyttas till nya områden, där nya "slagsfält" skapas.

Abstract [en]

Rupert Smith (2006) argues that there has been a paradigm shift in warfare, from the industrial war - into a "war amongst the people". Modern conflicts today in Iraq and Afghanistan might be understood as examples of this kind of warfare. The opponent is no longer a different nation-state, but a non-state actor who is not behaving in a traditional military way. Hence, nowadays other entities than platforms are important, for example, clan structures and culture. From this, we must then ask ourselves whether the world has changed, or at least if the military reality has changed and how military has understood (comprehended) this change. The study is based on a discourse analysis of military reality and the question is how reality is constructed based on this paradigm shift. By creating a military-philosophical concept the study will examine whether there is an ontological awareness within the military discourse. The result shows that the reality is constructed from the nation state ontology and epistemology. Concepts, categories and metaphors from the industrial war are heavily used in the construction of reality and those are moved to new areas where new "battlefields" are created.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2011. , p. 60
Keywords [en]
Foucault, Social Constructivism, Discourse, Discourse Analysis, Ontology, Epistemology.
Keywords [sv]
Foucault, Socialkonstruktivism, Diskurs, Diskursanalys, Ontologi, Epistemologi.
National Category
Social Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-1201OAI: oai:DiVA.org:fhs-1201DiVA, id: diva2:424857
Educational program
Högre stabsofficersutbildning (HSU)
Uppsok
Social and Behavioural Science, Law
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Available from: 2011-06-27 Created: 2011-06-20 Last updated: 2011-06-28Bibliographically approved

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