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Religion versus Peace: A False Dichotomy
Author(s) -
Omer Atalia
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
studies in ethnicity and nationalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.204
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1754-9469
pISSN - 1473-8481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-9469.2007.tb00165.x
Subject(s) - cognitive reframing , negotiation , nexus (standard) , economic justice , sociology , power (physics) , narrative , subaltern , set (abstract data type) , identity (music) , diversity (politics) , law , environmental ethics , political science , epistemology , social science , social psychology , politics , aesthetics , psychology , linguistics , philosophy , physics , programming language , quantum mechanics , computer science , embedded system
The article argues that in contexts of ethno‐national conflicts, questions of peace and justice may entail negotiations not only over resources, territory and power but also over identity, symbols and memory. In fact, it is suggested that the latter set of negotiations may present the most vital nexus and even precondition for engaging in a sustainable and substantive process of peace‐building. It is here that subaltern narratives and religious sources may play a significant role in reframing the terms of the conflict and reinterpreting the parameters of peace and justice. The first part of the article draws on a diversity of scholarly resources in order to develop a dynamic set of criteria for evaluating the justness of peace frameworks. The second part consists in applying these criteria for the specific analysis of the secularist liberal Zionist peace camp and the central assumptions underlying its ‘visions of peace’.