Imaginative Geographies of Algerian Violence: Conflict

Imaginative Geographies of Algerian Violence: Conflict Science, Conflict Management, Antipolitics (Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures)

The massacres that spread across Algeria in 1997 and 1998 shocked the world, both in their horror and in the international community's failure to respond. In the years following, the violence of 1990s Algeria has become a central case study in new theories of civil conflict and terrorism after the Cold War. Such "lessons of Algeria" now contribute to a diverse array of international efforts to manage conflictâ€•from development and counterterrorism to the Responsibility to Protect doctrine and transitional justice. With this book, Jacob Mundy raises a critical lens to these lessons and practices and sheds light on an increasingly antipolitical scientific vision of armed conflict. Traditional questions of power and history that once guided conflict management have been displaced by neoliberal assumptions and methodological formalism. In questioning the presumed lessons of 1990s Algeria, Mundy shows that the problem is not simply that these understandingsâ€•these imaginative geographiesâ€•of Algerian violence can be disputed. He shows that today's leading strategies of conflict management are underwritten by, and so attempt to reproduce, their own flawed logic. Ultimately, what these policies and practices lead to is not a world made safe from war, but rather a world made safe for war.
Country USA
Brand Stanford University Press
Manufacturer Stanford University Press
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2015-09-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780804795821

Country	USA
Brand	Stanford University Press
Manufacturer	Stanford University Press
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2015-09-09
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780804795821

Imaginative Geographies of Algerian Violence: Conflict Science, Conflict Management, Antipolitics (Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures)

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