Open AccessCONTEXT OF RELIGION SECURITIZATION: CASES OF ARTSAKH AND NORTHERN IRELAND
Author(s) -
Rastislav Kazanský,
Darko Trifunović
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
politikologija religije
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-659X
pISSN - 1820-6581
DOI - 10.54561/prj1502405k
Subject(s) - securitization , serbian , context (archaeology) , religious identity , ethnic group , identity (music) , nationalism , ethnic conflict , political science , sociology , political economy , gender studies , religiosity , law , history , politics , archaeology , linguistics , philosophy , economics , financial system , physics , acoustics
Securitization of religion, or consideration of religion within the context of the security sector, has returned to the Slovak and Serbian context in connection with the migration crisis. This paper is mostly theoretical, and the question of religious identity is categorized under the sector of societal security. Unlike other conflicts of identity, religion is polarizing, and religious conflicts feature the destruction of cultural heritage and religious monuments. Religious conflicts can be observed among both believers of different religious groups as well as among different denominations of one particular religion. The last section deals with the particular cases of Artsakh and Northern Ireland. In the former conflict, nationalism and overlapping territorial claims play a key role, but the later conflict can be better understood as a hierarchical ethnic conflict.