Conceptualizing multicultural discourses of security: introduction to the special issue^*

* Prepared for inclusion in the special issue, ‘Multicultural discourses of security,’ Journal of Multicultural Discourses (August 6, 2017).

ABSTRACT

This introduction to the special issue reviews recent developments in interdisciplinary scholarship on security, discourse, and culture. It then reviews recent work in fields of critical intercultural studies to associate these developments with the commitments of Cultural Discourse Studies. It concludes by previewing the essays collected for this issue.

KEYWORDS:

• Security
• discourse
• culture

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes on contributors

Bryan C. Taylor is Professor of Communication and Director of the Peace, Conflict and Security Program at the University of Colorado-Boulder.

Hamilton Bean is Associate Professor of Communication and Director of the International Studies Program at the University of Colorado-Denver.

Notes

* Prepared for inclusion in the special issue, ‘Multicultural discourses of security,’ Journal of Multicultural Discourses (August 6, 2017).