Agonism, critical political geography, and the new geographies of peace

Bibliographic Data

ID11950314
AuthorsHarry Bregazzi (0000-0002-3631-0591, University of Bristol, corresponding author), Mark Jackson (0000-0002-2852-8929, University of Bristol)
Year2016
Volume42
Issue1
Pages72-91
Publication date2016-09-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueProgress in Human Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0309-1325 • E-ISSN: 1477-0288
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0309132516666687
OpenAlexW2520914559
LanguageEN
Citations received27
References cited61

Why does critical political geography struggle to address, and research, peace? Recent efforts in geography do seek positive accounts of peace, but we argue that critical geographies remain problematically reliant on social agonism. Dominant theoretical lenses used to address critical politics reproduce dissension as the causal grammar of critical sociality and the constitutive effect of difference. We seek an alternative account of peace and sociality. The first half of the paper diagnoses how prevailing conceptual approaches to critique privilege agonism. The second half advances a positive account of peace, without losing the critical tenor of post-foundationalist or relational political insights

Agonism · Critical theory · Epistemology · Foundationalism · Political geography · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociality · Sociology · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · South Asian Studies and Conflicts

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