@article{article_665394, title={BETWEEN PERPETUAL WAR AND PERPETUAL PEACE: LIBERAL SOCIAL ORDER AS PERPETUAL (IN)SECURITY}, journal={FLSF Felsefe ve Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi}, pages={79–94}, year={2020}, author={Subaşi, Erol}, keywords={Hobbes,Locke,Kant,Güvenlik,Liberal Toplumsal Düzen}, abstract={The past forty years have seen a growing number of publications focusing on security due to its increasing role in (re)shaping internal and external political processes. However, despite its growing popularity as an academic object, far too little attention has been paid to the historico-philosophical roots of the concept from key liberal political thinkers. This paper therefore explores how security has been conceptualized in relation to concepts like war, property, and peace, in Hobbes, Locke and Kant respectively. The paper argues that security is the key element in the fabrication of the liberal social order. The demand for security is never innocent but always deeply connected to the demand for a specific form of social order. Security is neither neutral, nor natural; rather, it is highly political. It thus must be regarded as a proactive rather than reactive idea or practice. The philosophico-historical validity of these arguments can be shown by (re)reading (proto)liberal classical texts.}, number={29}, publisher={Hamdi BRAVO}, organization={This paper was supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBİTAK) as part of 2214-A International Research Fellowship Program (for PhD Students) 2014/1}