Seminar 2 by a12345

(a)

rbfqj2x2mj — 2025-02-18 12:11:49 UTC

individualism (a)

rbfqj2x2mj — 2025-02-18 12:22:52 UTC

agency-based principle that emphasises how people and organisations are purposeful actors that make their own choices rather than being guided by the state

Conflict as a constructed discourse (S)

sveahen — 2025-02-18 12:25:29 UTC

How discourse is used by different conflict parties to legitimize the violence and perpetuate the conflict
Violence is the result of human actions within the context of constructed social relations. Demmers poses the question of whether to start with the individual or the structure?

Structure-based (a)

tristenmuller — 2025-02-18 12:28:02 UTC

structure-based principe that emphasises how people and organisations are being guided by the state rather than making their own choices

the ways that violence becomes legitimised (t)

rbfqj2x2mj — 2025-02-18 12:28:17 UTC

historical element - all wars are fought from, and often over memory. thus becomes engrained in society
'audience' (society) view and critique war like it was a 'normal' social process - contributes to the proposed idea that this gives war a social meaning
'othering' of the opposing side, reducing them and giving a reason for using violence
how society constructs an enemy to create fear and justify violence

question of the social process (a)

rbfqj2x2mj — 2025-02-18 12:31:24 UTC

does the social system affect individual behaviours and actions or is it the other way around?

Individual perspective vs structural (S)

sveahen — 2025-02-18 12:32:36 UTC

The perspective based on individuals is too objective when it comes to human rationality.
- The role social structures play is overlooked
The structure-based perspective is too static. Not adequate when trying to explain how inherent contradictions are transformed into violence