2019
DOI: 10.1080/02684527.2019.1615711
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The cultural turn in intelligence studies

Abstract: This article explores an emerging "cultural turn" in intelligence studies, which, if fully realized, could entail the expansion of the discipline to include new methodologies and theories, and a more integrative understanding of historical causality that locates intelligence agencies within the widersocio-cultural domain they inhabit. It has two parts. The firstexpands upon what I mean by a new 'integrative' understanding of historical causality. The second explores three areas of interest for intelligence sch… Show more

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“…[8] Yvonne McLaren (1999) examined the structure and politeness of discourse in French-English corporate brochures. [9]…”
Section: Foreign Studies On Enterprise Foreign Publicitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…[8] Yvonne McLaren (1999) examined the structure and politeness of discourse in French-English corporate brochures. [9]…”
Section: Foreign Studies On Enterprise Foreign Publicitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The reason for this is that intelligence scholarship has remained overwhelmingly focused on extraordinary men and circumstances, such as spy chiefs (Moran et al 2017), war, or intelligence failures (Dahl 2013), despite the continuing evolution of the discipline's sources and methods (Moran and Murphy 2013). The recent push towards less traditional topics such as identity or culture has only started to expand the field (Willmetts 2019). For instance, the friendship between Allen Dulles, the first civilian director of the CIA, and James Bond's author Ian Fleming is now well-documented, along with the many ways in which Fleming's inventions have influenced the history of the agency (Moran 2013).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%