Corrigendum

Corrections to the article Is securitization theory racist? Civilizationism, methodological whiteness, and antiblack thought in the Copenhagen School , by Alison Howell and Melanie Richter-Montpetit originally published in Security Dialogue, Epub 7 August 2019, and print in issue 51(1) February 2020. DOI: 10.1177/0967010619862921

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Two corrections are required to the following sentence:

Original [p.5 last para to p.6 para 1]:

Perhaps more fundamentally, securitization theory draws on social contract thinkers such as Hobbes (see Buzan et al., 1998: 69, 209; Wæver, 1995: 54) for their ‘state of nature’ concept (Wæver, 2011: 121).

Correction, p.7 last para to p.8 para 1:

Perhaps more fundamentally, securitization theory draws on social contract thinkers such as Hobbes (see Buzan et al., 1998: 69, 209; Wæver, 1995: 54) for their ‘state of nature’ concept (Sbisà in Wæver, 2015: 121).

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The following paragraph is corrected.

Original [p.4 para 3]:

Hansen illustrates these methodological shortcomings through the fable of the Little Mermaid, wittily locating the analysis in Copenhagen, then abruptly travels to Pakistan for empirical evidence. There, Hansen (2000: 299) finds ‘raped Muslim women’ who are deemed to be ‘silent’. This Orientalist imaginary constructs a racial opposition: white Western women, who have achieved legitimacy as vocal political actors, versus ‘silent’ subaltern Pakistani ‘raped Muslim women’ (Abu-Lughod, 2002; on securitization theory, see Bertrand, 2018).

Correction, p.6 para 3:

Hansen illustrates these methodological shortcomings through the fable of the Little Mermaid, wittily locating the analysis in Copenhagen, then abruptly travels to Pakistan and Bosnia for empirical evidence. There, Hansen (2000: 299) finds ‘honour killings’ and ‘raped Muslim women’ who are deemed to be ‘silent’. This Orientalist imaginary constructs a racial opposition: white Western women, who have achieved legitimacy as vocal political actors, versus ‘silent’ subaltern Pakistani ‘raped Muslim women’ (Abu-Lughod, 2002; on securitization theory, see Bertrand, 2018).