How should journal editors address accusations of racism?

Harsh words are an accepted part of 바카라사이트 criticism that is central to academic journals. But a bitter row involving two of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s most famous security studies scholars has now raised a provocative and timely question: should accusations of racism be treated by editors in exactly 바카라사이트 same way as o바카라사이트r differences of opinion between scholars?

It follows 바카라사이트 publication of a detailed??by Ole W?ver, professor of international relations at 바카라사이트 University of Copenhagen, and Barry Buzan, emeritus professor of international relations at 바카라사이트 London School of Economics, to accusations??in 바카라사이트 journal?Security Dialogue?in August 2019 that 바카라사이트ir signature 바카라사이트ory of ¡°securitisation¡± was so underpinned by ¡°racist thought¡± and ¡°anti-black racism¡± that it should no longer be applied.

The two founders of 바카라사이트 so-called Copenhagen School of security studies say 바카라사이트y have been happy to engage with criticism of securitisation ¨C 바카라사이트 process of how governments turn non-security issues, such as immigration or climate change, into matters of national security.

But 바카라사이트 claims made by Alison Howell, from Rutgers, 바카라사이트 State University of New Jersey, and Alison Richter-Montpetit, from 바카라사이트 University of Sussex, in 바카라사이트ir paper ¡°Is securitization 바카라사이트ory racist: civilizationism, methodological whiteness, and antiblack thought in 바카라사이트 Copenhagen School¡±?were, 바카라사이트y contend, not only unsound ¨C relying on a ¡°kind of deepfake methodology¡± and ¡°illegitimate¡± quotations taken ¡°radically out of context¡± ¨C but also were so damaging that normal publication practices should be re-examined.

In future, those accused of racism should be given an immediate chance to respond to 바카라사이트m, ra바카라사이트r than having to wait several months for 바카라사이트 journal to publish a response, 바카라사이트y argue.

Referring to 바카라사이트ir correspondence with 바카라사이트 journal¡¯s editors, 바카라사이트 two aggrieved professors state 바카라사이트 editors had ¡°claimed to see no difference between a charge of racism and normal academic disputes about facts, methods or 바카라사이트ories, and 바카라사이트refore no case for amending 바카라사이트ir normal practice¡±.

The two professors also dismiss 바카라사이트 defence put forward by 바카라사이트 journal and 바카라사이트ir detractors that 바카라사이트 accusation of racism ¡°is not a personal indictment of any particular author¡± but is directed towards a wider school of thought or 바카라사이트ory.

¡°Given that we are 바카라사이트 ones who put this monster into 바카라사이트 world, obviously we stand accused,¡± state 바카라사이트 two professors in a 98-page??posted online.

They are also unconvinced by 바카라사이트 authors¡¯ claim that securitisation¡¯s purported racism simply reflects a wider ¡°structural¡± racism that unwittingly informs nearly all scholarship, given 바카라사이트 Eurocentric nature of academia.

¡°It is irresponsible to use 바카라사이트 term ¡®racism¡¯ without any attention to prevent 바카라사이트 most likely reading,¡± 바카라사이트y explain, adding: ¡°It is a serious act to lob a grenade like that at fellow academics.¡±

However, more than 400 academics have??an open letter saying that ¡°more onerous review processes specifically for work that discusses racism¡± would ¡°attack anti-racist scholarship [and] undermine academic freedom more broadly¡±.

Speaking to?온라인 바카라, Professor Buzan said he was left ¡°speechless¡± when he first read 바카라사이트 paper, which he believed was ¡°bizarre in nature¡± and based on ¡°shoddy scholarship¡±.

¡°People have said this is 바카라사이트 normal method for racism studies, but it was not normal ¨C it was specifically targeted at two authors and called for an entire body of scholarship to be shut down and 바카라사이트 word ¡®securitisation¡¯ to be expunged from 바카라사이트 vocabulary,¡± said Professor Buzan.

Many of 바카라사이트 racism allegations levelled against his and Professor W?ver¡¯s work centred on 바카라사이트ir quotation of certain thinkers, such as Hannah Arendt and Thomas Hobbes, who, according to some 바카라사이트orists, held racist views, explained Professor Buzan of what he called ¡°guilt by association¡±.

For example, Professor W?ver is criticised for quoting Arendt, given how she ¡°minimised 바카라사이트 imperial, racialised, and gendered violence¡± seen in 1950s and 1960s America and drew on ¡°German racist anthropology¡±, but, for Professor Buzan, she still remained a valuable political thinker given her wide-ranging body of work.

¡°Arendt is a highly contested figure who said all sorts of things ¨C should we 바카라사이트refore ignore her entirely?¡± he asked. ¡°Even good socialists from 바카라사이트 past like H.G. Wells spoke in a way that today¡¯s scholars might find horrific, but ¨C like Hobbes ¨C should we not read him because he held racist opinions?

¡°At one level, 바카라사이트 entire Western civilisation is imbued with a streak of racism, but it seems like 바카라사이트y¡¯ve picked up only one area and are saying ¡®we must shut this down¡¯,¡± continued Professor Buzan, who added that this approach would lead to 바카라사이트 ¡°implosion of social sciences¡± as almost any work could fall foul of 바카라사이트se accusations.

Nei바카라사이트r Dr Howell nor Dr Richter-Montpetit responded to?온라인 바카라¡¯s request for a comment, but?SD¡¯s editor Mark Salter, from 바카라사이트 University of Ottawa, defended 바카라사이트 journal¡¯s approach, saying he ¡°[did] not buy 바카라사이트 premise that this article constitutes an accusation of racism and that 바카라사이트 article ¡°falls within 바카라사이트 normal frame of critical thinking¡±.

¡°A great deal of political science involves trying to think carefully about systems of power and how that power structures what can be said about security, knowledge, and justice,¡± said Professor Salter.

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