Conflict Continuities
Africa in Focus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7150667 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lidewyde Berckmoes (0000-0001-6378-6504, corresponding author), M De Bruijn (0000-0002-0499-8758), Corinna Jentzsch (0000-0003-0936-6984) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 63-74 |
| Publication date | 2025-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Conflict and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2164-4543 • E-ISSN: 2164-4551 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/arcs.2025.110105 |
| OpenAlex | W7125705845 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
It is tempting to interpret the eruption of armed violence in various parts of the world as a break with the past. However, in this special section, we call for attention to “conflict continuities” to understand contemporary violence. Challenging the conventional focus on causes or consequences, we argue that past violent conflict may serve to generate new conflict, in reworked forms. We foreground the psychosocial dynamics of conflict, particularly as they affect social relations and worldviews, often reproduced through cultural narratives. The special section brings together five studies from across Africa. In different ways, they reveal how conflicts are remembered, reiterated, and reproduced in narratives that circulate in families, communities, and national-level politics, thus embodying a generative force for new conflict and struggle
Armed conflict · Generative grammar · Narrative · Social conflict · Special section · Peace and Human Rights Education · Political Conflict and Governance · Sociology and Norbert Elias
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |