03.07.2025 Security and the Political: New Volume Edited by Thorsten Bonacker
How security shapes politics: New perspectives on statehood, alliances, and political transformation.
We’re happy to announce the publication of a new edited volume by our Deputy Executive Director Thorsten Bonacker:
Securitization, Politicization and Social Differentiation in History: How Security has Shaped the Configuration of Politics
(Nomos, June 2025)
This volume examines how security contributes to the emergence of new forms of politics and to the formation, differentiation and transformation of political entities. Its chapters analyze the historical dynamics of securitization and politicization, combining historical and social science perspectives. The subjects studied include scenarios of political foundation, the emergence and transformation of statehood, the transformation of interstate alliances, transnational networks and international organizations, as well as processes in the separation of religion and politics as social spheres.
With contributions by:
Thorsten Bonacker, Andreas Langenohl, Philipp Lottholz, Jochen Kleinschmidt, Maria Ketzmerick-Calandrino, Andrew W. Neal, Stephan Stetter, Erik Swart, Felix Weiß, and Cornel Zwierlein