Relational and Essential

Theorizing Difference for Peacebuilding

Bibliographic Data

ID12903451
AuthorsMorgan Briggs (0000-0003-2034-1702, The University of Queensland, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume12
Issue3
Pages352-366
Publication date2018-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Intervention and Statebuilding (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1750-2977 • E-ISSN: 1750-2985
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17502977.2018.1482078
OpenAlexW2884985325
LanguageEN
Citations received33
References cited27

Engagements with difference in peacebuilding are characterized by interrelated patterns of identitiarian and de-essentializing thought that tend to crystalize or minimize difference. In response, this article theorizes difference as simultaneously relational and essential, and thus as a phenomenon that continually re-forms in the world and is crucial to life itself. A relational-essential approach is sketched by drawing upon ideas from conflict resolution and feminism, and illustrated through a micro-case of peacebuilding intervention in Aboriginal Australia. This way of theorizing difference promises pathways beyond European-derived forms of thinking and into exchange with the world and diverse peoples

Epistemology · Feminism · Intervention (counseling · Order (exchange · Peacebuilding · Phenomenon · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Peace and Human Rights Education · Peacebuilding and International Security · Philosophy · Psychology · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development

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