Securityquaexistential surviving (while becoming otherwise) through performative leaps of faith

Abstract

This paper analyzes the idea of ‘ontological security’ to make three arguments: (a) that to be secure in one's being is paradoxical in the sense thatto be is to survive while always becoming otherwise, (b) thatto survive is to be anxious, and (c) that to get attached to such a security of one's always becoming otherwise is to engage inperformative leaps of faithin the security of one's existence. This framework is used to suggest a new interpretation of the security dilemma.