ABSTRACT

The liberal epistemology of prefigurative post-conflict reconstruction plans for Syria sits in tension with the messiness and materiality of Syria's illiberal conflict ontology. I argue that this tension has three principal consequences for Syrian reconstruction and post-conflict interventions more broadly. First, the clash reinforces authoritarian state power through interveners continued cooperation with the Syrian regime. Second, knowledge production continues to peripheralize messy conflict ontologies for legible ones, effecting the norms and practices of intervention. Finally, the marginalization of liberal interveners and practices provides space for the emergence of authoritarian models of peace-making and conflict.

摘要

叙利亚象征性的冲突后重建计划的自由主义认识论与叙利亚非自由冲突本体的混乱和实质性存在紧张关系。我认为，这种紧张局势对叙利亚重建和更广泛的冲突后干预产生了三个主要后果。首先，冲突通过干预者与叙利亚政权的持续合作加强了专制国家权力。其次，知识生产继续将凌乱的冲突本体边缘化为清晰的冲突本体，影响干预的规范和实践。最后，自由干预者和实践的边缘化为缔造和平和冲突的威权模式的出现提供了空间。