ABSTRACT The term ‘soldier’ is frequently conceptualized as a warrior, a peacekeeper, or a hybrid of both. However, recent changes in the utilization of soldiers in societies have moved the repertoire of possible ways to think, act, and behave beyond these notions. As such, there exists an undertheorized gap between different expectations of soldiers and actual soldier roles. This presents a need for more nuanced and analytically useful conceptualizations of soldier roles. This article provides a more thorough understanding of the soldier role by identifying seven ideal types of soldiers: the warrior, nation-defender, law-enforcer, humanitarian, state-builder, and the ideological, and contractor soldiers. The typology offers an analytical tool with the capacity to maneuver the empirical reality, which is important because how soldier roles are constructed affect how military personnel understand their role in the postmodern world, where identity is multifaceted and negotiable. Ultimately, identity influences how soldiers interact with societies and how societies respond to war, conflicts, and crises.

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新社会，新士兵？士兵类型学

摘要 “士兵”一词经常被概念化为战士、维和者或两者的混合体。然而，最近在社会中使用士兵的变化已经使思考、行动和行为的可能方式超出了这些概念。因此，对士兵的不同期望与实际士兵角色之间存在着理论不足的差距。这就需要对士兵角色进行更细致、更有用的分析概念化。本文通过确定七种理想的士兵类型来更深入地了解士兵的角色：战士、国防卫士、执法者、人道主义者、国家建设者以及意识形态和承包商士兵。类型学提供了一种分析工具，能够操纵经验现实，这很重要，因为如何构建士兵角色会影响军事人员如何理解他们在后现代世界中的角色，在后现代世界中，身份是多方面且可以协商的。归根结底，身份会影响士兵与社会互动的方式以及社会如何应对战争、冲突和危机。