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From George Smiley to Quantum or on Fiction, Reality and Creativity around Security
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Abstract This paper aims to bring together the two realms of spy-story (fiction) and Security Studies (reality) along the time of the Cold War and after the implosion of the Soviet Union. It is conceived in terms of an intellectual exercise in which fictional narrative and academic research are put together ... view more
This paper aims to bring together the two realms of spy-story (fiction) and Security Studies (reality) along the time of the Cold War and after the implosion of the Soviet Union. It is conceived in terms of an intellectual exercise in which fictional narrative and academic research are put together in order to test their respective “representations” of reality. It debates the problem that is still into the protocol of work of the intelligence community - an old paradigm of “certification” and interpretation of reality is imposed, framing a dynamic and global world into the fragile limits of blind schemes, which unfortunately are reflected in the result of a bureaucratic mind.... view less
Keywords
international relations; espionage; security policy; security sector; safety research
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2011
Page/Pages
p. 35-64
Journal
Annals of the University of Bucharest / Political science series, 13 (2011) 2
ISSN
1582-2486
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works