NATO, Civilisation and Individuals: The Unconscious Dimension of International Security

1. Chapter 1/Introduction. Seeking alternative connections between civilisation and security 1.1. The unconscious question 1.2. Questioning NATO's change 1.3. The problem of time 1.4. The argument 2. Chapter 2. IR's disciplinary connections with Western civilisation 3. Chapter 3. Individualising civilisation: the Civilised Subject of Security 3.1. The civilised habitus 3.2. The unconscious dimension of security 4. Chapter 4. Standards of Civilisation: architecting security, order, and hierarchy 5. Chapter 5. NATO's deep origins (1939-1949): unbreaking the civilised habitus? 5.1. World War II: barbarism unleashed 5.2. The never civilised Soviet Union? 5.3. A "spiritual union": a tool for self-restraint? 5.4. Rearranging security, repositioning power: the process of rebuilding interdependence among the civilised 6. Chapter 6. NATO's Cold War evolution: civilisation from referent object to standard 6.1. The Treaty: making a new standard, continuing the civilised habitus 6.2. The 1950's - 1960's: "the peril from disunity" 6.3. The 1970's - 1980's: "the pace of change is accelerating" 7. Chapter 7. Post-Cold War NATO: new ways and reasons for coexistence 7.1. The new Strategic Concept (1991): continuity amidst the new (in)security environment 7.2. 'The promise of democracy is for the civilised only': setting the standards for Partners and new members 8. Chapter 8. The Individualisation of Security: a new architecture for international security 8.1. The Individualisation of Security as the consecration of a value-based system 8.2. The Individualisation of Security in the hands of the military: reproducing civilising power 9. Chapter 9. The Individualisation of Security within NATO 9.1. Bosnia: from "Denying Flight" to "Deliberate Force" 9.2. Kosovo: the "Allied Force" 9.3. Afghanistan: taking command of ISAF 10. Chapter 10. Conclusion