Watch Out for Peace: The Polemic Nature of a Horizon Desired

IF 1.7 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Global Society Pub Date : 2023-03-23 DOI:10.1080/13600826.2023.2191261

Jaap H. De Wilde

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This article provides a critical perspective to look at one of the most basic concepts in life: peace. By reflecting on a wide range of literature on peace, the aim is to make sense of the way in which the longing for peace is part of the violence it hopes to overcome. Understanding peace requires understanding its polemic functions in world politics (both internationally and domestically). Due to its symbiotic relationship with its counterpart (all forms of violence and their accompanying norms) peace is polemic. This implies that peace is experienced only when the echo of violence is absent, and the polemics are absent. In such absence, however, peace loses its meaning. In this context, the article reflects on various notions of peace and the inescapable logic of war norms they entail. This is illustrated by reflections on post-Cold War European, American and UN war & peace practices.

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当心和平:渴望的地平线的争论性

这篇文章提供了一个批判性的视角来看待生活中最基本的概念之一:和平。通过对一系列关于和平的文学作品的反思，我们的目的是弄清楚对和平的渴望是人们希望克服的暴力的一部分。理解和平需要理解它在世界政治(国际和国内)中的辩论功能。由于和平与其对应物(所有形式的暴力及其伴随的规范)的共生关系，和平是有争议的。这意味着，只有在没有暴力的回声和没有争论的情况下，才能体验到和平。然而，在这种缺失中，和平失去了意义。在此背景下，本文反思了各种和平概念及其所带来的不可避免的战争规范逻辑。对冷战后欧洲、美国和联合国战争与和平实践的反思说明了这一点。

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Global Society INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-

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3.10

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6.20%

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期刊介绍： Global Society covers the new agenda in global and international relations and encourages innovative approaches to the study of global and international issues from a range of disciplines. It promotes the analysis of transactions at multiple levels, and in particular, the way in which these transactions blur the distinction between the sub-national, national, transnational, international and global levels. An ever integrating global society raises a number of issues for global and international relations which do not fit comfortably within established "Paradigms" Among these are the international and global consequences of nationalism and struggles for identity, migration, racism, religious fundamentalism, terrorism and criminal activities.