A revolution in military geopolitics?

被引：25

作者：

Ek, R ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Lund Univ, S-22362 Lund, Sweden

来源：

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY | 2000年 / 19卷 / 07期

关键词：

military; geopolitics; technology; geographical imagination;

D O I：

10.1016/S0962-6298(00)00028-7

中图分类号：

P9 [自然地理学]; K9 [地理];

学科分类号：

0705 ; 070501 ;

摘要：

This paper looks into the recent discussions within the US military community of a coming or current 'revolution in military affairs' (RMA) which is said to imply fundamental changes in military geopolitical imaginations and practices (military geopolitics). In a first step, an account of the rhetorical and the conceptual part of the discourse of the RMA is conducted. In a second step, the proclaimed RMA is situated within a wider cumulative technological and organizational development in warfare after the Second World War. In a third step, special attention is given to geopolitical incongruities or contradictions apparent within the discourse of the RMA, and between the rhetorical part of the RMA and more conventional geopolitical practices and imaginations. In a conclusion, the promise of an actor-network approach in further investigations of contemporary techno-geopolitical discourses and practices is spoken for. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：841 / 874

页数：34

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