Research Article

Change, Transformation, and Trends in Peace Studies

Number: 66 October 26, 2020
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Change, Transformation, and Trends in Peace Studies

Abstract

Although the themes of peace and conflict have been the central area of interest in almost all religions, cultures, and ethnic debates, the historical and empirical reality of peace has remained utopian when actual wars and conflicts are considered. This situation led to a limited number of thinkers who directly discussed peace. Their evaluations had been stuck into ideological boundaries and lost their connection with the empirical world. Departing from the hypothetical assumption that the content of “peace” has changed along with the modernity, the main objective of this study was to come to terms with the theme of peace from the works of the Enlightenment thinkers up to pioneers of Peace Studies. In this respect, methodologically speaking, this study examined the conceptualizations of peace in reference to the political philosophers like Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Kant and their contextual evolution through and in the contemporary era. In the final analysis, this examination sheds light on the transformation of peace understanding that no more interstate rivalry through the actions of political actors inspires the way out for peace. Nonetheless, a more comprehensive analysis of the social phenomena, including social change, justice, and structural violence, gives spirit to real peace.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 26, 2020

Submission Date

May 18, 2020

Acceptance Date

October 16, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Number: 66

APA
Ercoşkun, B., & Konuralp, E. (2020). Change, Transformation, and Trends in Peace Studies. Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 66, 187-199. https://izlik.org/JA73DR96KX
AMA
1.Ercoşkun B, Konuralp E. Change, Transformation, and Trends in Peace Studies. Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2020;(66):187-199. https://izlik.org/JA73DR96KX
Chicago
Ercoşkun, Burak, and Emrah Konuralp. 2020. “Change, Transformation, and Trends in Peace Studies”. Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, nos. 66: 187-99. https://izlik.org/JA73DR96KX.
EndNote
Ercoşkun B, Konuralp E (October 1, 2020) Change, Transformation, and Trends in Peace Studies. Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 66 187–199.
IEEE
[1]B. Ercoşkun and E. Konuralp, “Change, Transformation, and Trends in Peace Studies”, Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, no. 66, pp. 187–199, Oct. 2020, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA73DR96KX
ISNAD
Ercoşkun, Burak - Konuralp, Emrah. “Change, Transformation, and Trends in Peace Studies”. Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 66 (October 1, 2020): 187-199. https://izlik.org/JA73DR96KX.
JAMA
1.Ercoşkun B, Konuralp E. Change, Transformation, and Trends in Peace Studies. Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2020;:187–199.
MLA
Ercoşkun, Burak, and Emrah Konuralp. “Change, Transformation, and Trends in Peace Studies”. Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, no. 66, Oct. 2020, pp. 187-99, https://izlik.org/JA73DR96KX.
Vancouver
1.Burak Ercoşkun, Emrah Konuralp. Change, Transformation, and Trends in Peace Studies. Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi [Internet]. 2020 Oct. 1;(66):187-99. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA73DR96KX