Critical military studies

Basham, Victoria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8829-5119 2025. Critical military studies. McCann, Leo, Bozkurt, Ödül, Finn, Rachael, Granter, Edward, Hunter, Carolyn, Kivinen, Nina, Kumar, Arun and Wierman, Brian, eds. Elgar Encyclopedia of Critical Management Studies, Edward Elgar, pp. 128-129. (10.4337/9781800377721.00033)

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Abstract

Militaries are widely assumed to be vital organisations because war is widely assumed to be inevitable. Critical military studies approaches war, and the maintenance of militaries, as a question. It does not assume that war is inevitable, or that it offers security. Instead, it asks what makes war possible. As this brief overview demonstrates, ritical military studies scholars have shown how war is not inevitable but animated and legitimised, including through entrepreneurialism, consumerism, popular culture, othering, militarised humanitarianism, and representations.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Law
Publisher:	Edward Elgar
ISBN:	9781800377714
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2025 14:38
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/183185

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