Hybrid War as a Phenomenon of Semantic Postmodern Discourse with Emphasis on the Military Constant as a Factor of National Security

Andriy Tkachuk () and Pavlo Tkachuk
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Andriy Tkachuk: Doctor of Historical Sciences (specialty 20.02.222 “Military History†), Defense Attaché Embassies of Ukraine in the Republic of Austria, Lviv, Ukraine
Pavlo Tkachuk: Doctor of Historical Sciences (specialty 20.02.222 “Military History†), Head of the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy, Lviv, Ukraine

Postmodern Openings, 2021, vol. 12, issue 3, 190-215

Abstract: The article states the core thesis about two asymmetric modes of existence of war – physical and discursive. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the analytical and practical necessity of distinguishing between two modes of existence of hybrid warfare as a phenomenon of physical reality and as a discursive construct, as well as to raise questions about the value specificity of the relationship between them. The methodology of work represents the implication of two asymmetric modes of war existence – physical and discursive. The relationship between the two modes can be described in particular through modern cognitive-semantic and communicative approaches. Analysis, synthesis (thesis-antithesis), description, distinction, historical perspective, forecasting and hermeneutic tools of comprehension are the core methods of this work. In the military (material) dimension, any military confrontation in general (and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in particular) is localized, while the discourse of this hybrid war has become global. The interpretive component of hybrid warfare is implemented through discursive verbal-semiotic means. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the concept of victory. The Ukrainian dimension embodies the postmodern practical representation of the analysis of the problem of hybrid warfare as a war of interpretations.

Keywords: hybrid war; national security; accent controversy; semantic discourse; conflict of interpretations; armed forces; concept of victory; postmodernity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I2 O0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.18662/po/12.3/335

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