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This book investigates the Thirty Years War (1618–1648) in the context of the Military Revolution theory that connects military transformations with early modern state formation. Instead of focusing on technological and tactical developments this book examines change and decline in military institutions. This systemic approach offers a reappraisal of the Military Revolution theory and offers new insights into the Thirty Years War.
Book DetailsFor more than 70 years, South Korea has woven the threat of North Korea into daily life. But now that threat has become mundane, and South Korean national security addresses family, public health, and national unity. Banal Security illustrates how as a result, queer Koreans are seen to represent a viral threat to national security. Taking readers from police stations and the Constitutional Court to queer activist offices and pride festivals, Timothy Gitzen shows how security weaves through daily life and diffuses the queer threat, in a context where queer Koreans are treated as viral carriers, disruptions to public order, and threats to family and culture.
Book DetailsThis multidisciplinary volume reflects the shifting experiences and framings of Finnishness and its relation to race and coloniality. The authors centre their investigations on whiteness and unravel the cultural myth of a normative Finnish (white) ethnicity. Rather than presenting a unified definition for whiteness, the book gives space to the different understandings and analyses of its authors. This collection of case-studies illuminates how Indigenous and ethnic minorities have participated in defining notions of Finnishness, how historical and recent processes of migration have challenged the traditional conceptualisations of the nation-state and its population, and how imperial relationships have contributed to a complex set of discourses on Finnish compliance and identity.
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Nuancing Young Masculinities tells a complex story about the plurality of young masculinities. It draws on the narratives of young Finnish boys of different social classes and ethnicities. Boys’ accounts of relations with peers, parents, and teachers give insights into their world.
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