Transcending the ‘End of War’ Debate: Toward a Mechanism-Centered View on the ‘War on War’
Has war become obsolete? Some argue that macro-historical social processes are leading war into obsolescence, while for others that pattern is explained by the fact that war is a lingering potential outcome of international politics. I argue that both answers reveal a fundamental problem with the de...
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| description | Has war become obsolete? Some argue that macro-historical social processes are leading war into obsolescence, while for others that pattern is explained by the fact that war is a lingering potential outcome of international politics. I argue that both answers reveal a fundamental problem with the debate about the ‘end of war’. The focus on securing predictions about the end of war keeps analyses trapped in either a teleological or nomothetical linearity and overshadows the varied set of contingent mechanisms that allow for non-violent outcomes to prevail in contentious political episodes. The ‘War on War’ could benefit from analyses that asses shifting configurations of mechanisms in power politics. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e2efb7ebc8914795a15853d97efdb47d2023-08-13T23:32:16ZengBrazilian Political Science AssociationBrazilian Political Science Review1981-38212023-04-0117110.1590/1981-3821202300010006Transcending the ‘End of War’ Debate: Toward a Mechanism-Centered View on the ‘War on War’Lucas de Oliveira Paeshttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1207-9986Has war become obsolete? Some argue that macro-historical social processes are leading war into obsolescence, while for others that pattern is explained by the fact that war is a lingering potential outcome of international politics. I argue that both answers reveal a fundamental problem with the debate about the ‘end of war’. The focus on securing predictions about the end of war keeps analyses trapped in either a teleological or nomothetical linearity and overshadows the varied set of contingent mechanisms that allow for non-violent outcomes to prevail in contentious political episodes. The ‘War on War’ could benefit from analyses that asses shifting configurations of mechanisms in power politics.https://brazilianpoliticalsciencereview.org/article/transcending-the-end-of-war-debate-toward-a-mechanism-centered-view-on-the-war-on-war/contentious politicscritical security studiespolitical violencepower politics |
| spellingShingle | Lucas de Oliveira Paes Transcending the ‘End of War’ Debate: Toward a Mechanism-Centered View on the ‘War on War’ Brazilian Political Science Review contentious politics critical security studies political violence power politics |
| title | Transcending the ‘End of War’ Debate: Toward a Mechanism-Centered View on the ‘War on War’ |
| title_full | Transcending the ‘End of War’ Debate: Toward a Mechanism-Centered View on the ‘War on War’ |
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| title_short | Transcending the ‘End of War’ Debate: Toward a Mechanism-Centered View on the ‘War on War’ |
| title_sort | transcending the end of war debate toward a mechanism centered view on the war on war |
| topic | contentious politics critical security studies political violence power politics |
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