Maximilian Lakitsch
Biographic Data
| ID | 1091805 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maximilian Lakitsch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maximilian |
| FAMILY NAME | Lakitsch |
| SIGNATURE | LAKITSCH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Graz |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6096-8350 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Faking Peace Until War in Nagorno-Karabakh
A number of international peace initiatives intended to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between 1994 until 2020, yet failed to do so – until all remaining Armenian people were eventually displaced in 2023. In light of these tragic consequences, this paper argues that the conflict exemplifies the urgent need to abandon traditional state-centric and power-focused approaches to peace which have produced numerous deadlocks. They emphasize the ne…
Relational peace
A materialist reconsideration of international peace practice and its human and non-human constituents
The international community's sobering track record of sustainably reducing the number of armed conflicts worldwide, as well as the increasing involvement of non-human complexities in times of climate crisis suggest that current approaches to foster peace are too narrow and inflexible. So far, demands and calls for more flexible and adaptive peace practice made by policy-makers and researchers have not led to a related paradigm shift. In order to…
Peacebuilding in the Anthropocene
The performance of international peacebuilding has been far below the high expectations set after the end of the Cold War. Criticism of the modernist conviction that it is possible to build peace along the lines of universal and linear blueprints has accompanied peacebuilding ever since its inception. this critique has gained depth and significance within the broader context of the Anthropocene. This 'intervention' article focuses upon two import…
Peace Needs to Embrace the Anthropocene
The current climate crisis and related extreme weather phenomena massively influence everyday human life and thus also armed conflict and peace. Acknowledging the human origin of these biospheric instabilities introduces the geological era of the Anthropocene. The Anthropocene and the issue of peace obviously interrelate. This essay describes the Anthropocene not only as a useful conception in approaching peace, but as its conditio sine qua non. …
Hobbes in the Anthropocene
The theoretical work of Thomas Hobbes marks the dawn of political modernity and thus also the beginning of modern reasoning about governing. In his Leviathan, Hobbes creates the modern space of the political through the exclusion of the world’s social and natural abundance. This crossroads of political thinking might not least be of relevance for the Anthropocene. After all, affirming the Anthropocene returns mankind to a cosmos of infinite human…
Lessons from the State of Nature
Liberal Peacebuilding has failed to realize the ambitious agenda set after the end of the Cold War. This paper contributes to the critical debate about liberal peacebuilding by introducing some fundamental ideas from Thomas Hobbes’ state of nature. Within the state of nature, Hobbes’s state of fear resembles the deep-rooted mistrust that haunts most post-conflict societies. The paper describes human desires as the foundation of political power. A…
Islam in the Syrian War
Religion has been a determining factor in the recent Syrian war since its beginnings, as a prominent identity marker as well as a motivational aspect on the path of jihad. This paper seeks to contribute to a more thorough understanding of the conflict dynamics in Syria by adequately describing the role of religion in the war. Its comprehensive approach takes into account various ontological manifestations of religion: as an identity, a discourse,…
Unbehagen im modernen Staat
Das jahrelange Embargo des Gaza-Streifens durch Israel, Gewalt gegen Asylsuchende und Abschiebehäftlinge in Deutschland und Österreich, das Elend der Flüchtlinge an den EU-Außengrenzen - was bedeutet der Alltag staatlicher Gewalt für das Verständnis moderner Staaten? Maximilian Lakitsch ergründet das Verhältnis von Gewalt und Macht und zeichnet damit ein Bild des modernen Staates. Ergänzt durch die Perspektive der Wirklichkeit staatlichen Gewalth…
Islam in the Syrian War
Religion has been a determining factor in the recent Syrian war since its beginnings, as a prominent identity marker as well as a motivational aspect on the path of jihad. This paper seeks to contribute to a more thorough understanding of the conflict dynamics in Syria by adequately describing the role of religion in the war. Its comprehensive approach takes into account various ontological manifestations of religion: as an identity, a discourse,…
A materialist reconsideration of international peace practice and its human and non-human constituents
The international community's sobering track record of sustainably reducing the number of armed conflicts worldwide, as well as the increasing involvement of non-human complexities in times of climate crisis suggest that current approaches to foster peace are too narrow and inflexible. So far, demands and calls for more flexible and adaptive peace practice made by policy-makers and researchers have not led to a related paradigm shift. In order to…
Hobbes in the Anthropocene
The theoretical work of Thomas Hobbes marks the dawn of political modernity and thus also the beginning of modern reasoning about governing. In his Leviathan, Hobbes creates the modern space of the political through the exclusion of the world’s social and natural abundance. This crossroads of political thinking might not least be of relevance for the Anthropocene. After all, affirming the Anthropocene returns mankind to a cosmos of infinite human…
Unbehagen im modernen Staat
Das jahrelange Embargo des Gaza-Streifens durch Israel, Gewalt gegen Asylsuchende und Abschiebehäftlinge in Deutschland und Österreich, das Elend der Flüchtlinge an den EU-Außengrenzen - was bedeutet der Alltag staatlicher Gewalt für das Verständnis moderner Staaten? Maximilian Lakitsch ergründet das Verhältnis von Gewalt und Macht und zeichnet damit ein Bild des modernen Staates. Ergänzt durch die Perspektive der Wirklichkeit staatlichen Gewalth…
Lessons from the State of Nature
Liberal Peacebuilding has failed to realize the ambitious agenda set after the end of the Cold War. This paper contributes to the critical debate about liberal peacebuilding by introducing some fundamental ideas from Thomas Hobbes’ state of nature. Within the state of nature, Hobbes’s state of fear resembles the deep-rooted mistrust that haunts most post-conflict societies. The paper describes human desires as the foundation of political power. A…
Islam in the Syrian War
Religion has been a determining factor in the recent Syrian war since its beginnings, as a prominent identity marker as well as a motivational aspect on the path of jihad. This paper seeks to contribute to a more thorough understanding of the conflict dynamics in Syria by adequately describing the role of religion in the war. Its comprehensive approach takes into account various ontological manifestations of religion: as an identity, a discourse,…
Hobbes in the Anthropocene
The theoretical work of Thomas Hobbes marks the dawn of political modernity and thus also the beginning of modern reasoning about governing. In his Leviathan, Hobbes creates the modern space of the political through the exclusion of the world’s social and natural abundance. This crossroads of political thinking might not least be of relevance for the Anthropocene. After all, affirming the Anthropocene returns mankind to a cosmos of infinite human…
Peacebuilding in the Anthropocene
The performance of international peacebuilding has been far below the high expectations set after the end of the Cold War. Criticism of the modernist conviction that it is possible to build peace along the lines of universal and linear blueprints has accompanied peacebuilding ever since its inception. this critique has gained depth and significance within the broader context of the Anthropocene. This 'intervention' article focuses upon two import…
Peace Needs to Embrace the Anthropocene
The current climate crisis and related extreme weather phenomena massively influence everyday human life and thus also armed conflict and peace. Acknowledging the human origin of these biospheric instabilities introduces the geological era of the Anthropocene. The Anthropocene and the issue of peace obviously interrelate. This essay describes the Anthropocene not only as a useful conception in approaching peace, but as its conditio sine qua non. …
A materialist reconsideration of international peace practice and its human and non-human constituents
The international community's sobering track record of sustainably reducing the number of armed conflicts worldwide, as well as the increasing involvement of non-human complexities in times of climate crisis suggest that current approaches to foster peace are too narrow and inflexible. So far, demands and calls for more flexible and adaptive peace practice made by policy-makers and researchers have not led to a related paradigm shift. In order to…
Faking Peace Until War in Nagorno-Karabakh
A number of international peace initiatives intended to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between 1994 until 2020, yet failed to do so – until all remaining Armenian people were eventually displaced in 2023. In light of these tragic consequences, this paper argues that the conflict exemplifies the urgent need to abandon traditional state-centric and power-focused approaches to peace which have produced numerous deadlocks. They emphasize the ne…
Relational peace
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Anthropocene (3 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Peacebuilding (3 works)