ABSTRACT

This paper offers a sociological reading of the concept of world order within the peace research debate, mindful of the complexity of systemic factors that influence changing interpretations. By addressing the clash of thought currents that have seen ‘traditionalist’ peace researchers interpret peace as a phenomenon opposed to conflict, while ‘progressive’ researchers view it as a social and sustainable development capable of mitigating conflict while containing disruptive aspects, this study critically reconstructs utopian conflict theories within a complex mosaic, which leads from conflict to a new vision of a peaceful world. In this view, there is no longer room for a concept of world order as expression of an arbitrary system of dominance, but a tendency to read social reality through the lenses of the complexity theories as a worldwide disorder. Following giants such as Kenneth Boulding and Johan Galtung, this paper investigates the four interconnected pillars of the new worldview – peace, society, economy, and nature – and the role played by conflict in defining its identity. Pursuing a vision that seeks to recompose the contents of positive peace and sustainable development, the researcher will try to understand the direction taken by the new sustainability paradigms.

摘要

本文提供了对和平研究辩论中世界秩序概念的社会学解读，同时考虑到影响解释变化的系统性因素的复杂性。通过解决“传统主义”和平研究人员将和平解释为一种反对冲突的现象，而“进步”研究人员将其视为能够缓解冲突同时包含破坏性方面的社会和可持续发展，本研究批判性地重建了思想潮流的冲突。复杂马赛克中的乌托邦冲突理论，将冲突引向和平世界的新愿景。根据这种观点，世界秩序的概念不再是一种专制统治系统的表达，而是倾向于通过复杂性理论的视角来解读社会现实，将其视为一种全球性的混乱。本文继 Kenneth Boulding 和 Johan Galtung 等巨头之后，研究了新世界观的四个相互关联的支柱——和平、社会、经济和自然——以及冲突在定义其身份方面所起的作用。追求旨在重构积极和平与可持续发展内容的愿景，研究人员将尝试了解新的可持续发展范式所采取的方向。