Ontological Security, Globalization, and Geographical Imagination
Year: 2021

The beginning of the 21st century is marked by consummate globalization, on the one hand, and the rise of right-wing nationalism with a return to xenophobia, on the other hand. Although it seems a paradox at first glance, globalization processes seem to stir certain anxieties and even a fear of “the stranger.” In this chapter, we explore these globalization anxieties from a geographical perspective and through the lens of “ontological security”: what type of insecurity is raised through the cont