Abstract

While an extensive part of the conflict transformation literature stresses the importance of transforming the identities of conflict parties through recognition, it fails to recognise the propensity of such transformations to generate ontological insecurity and dissonance, and consequently a possible backlash towards antagonistic identities. Drawing on agonistic thought, we develop a conception of agonistic recognition, premised on non-finalism, pluralist multilogue and disaggregated recognition. We suggest that these elements of agonistic recognition may guard against the development of ontological insecurity and dissonance in recognition processes. We comparatively analyse the connections and tensions between recognition, ontological insecurity/dissonance and identity backlash experienced during the transformation of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in the context of the Oslo Peace Process in the 1990s and Turkey’s ‘rapprochement’ with Greece in the context of its EU accession process in the 2000s. We also assess the presence of the elements of agonistic recognition in these two conflict transformation processes. Our contribution constitutes an important step towards the specification of agonistic peace in terms of its underlying recognition processes and in developing the empirical study of agonistic elements in actual conflict transformation processes.

摘要

虽然冲突转化文献的大部分强调通过承认来转化冲突各方身份的重要性，但它没有认识到这种转化倾向于产生本体论的不安全和不和谐，从而可能对敌对身份产生反弹。借鉴对抗性思想，我们发展了一种对抗性识别的概念，其前提是非终结论、多元多语和分解识别。我们认为，这些激动识别的元素可以防止识别过程中本体论不安全和不和谐的发展。我们比较分析了识别之间的联系和张力，在 1990 年代奥斯陆和平进程背景下的巴以冲突转变以及 2000 年代土耳其加入欧盟进程背景下土耳其与希腊的“和解”期间经历的本体论不安全/不和谐和身份反弹。我们还评估了这两个冲突转化过程中竞争性识别元素的存在。我们的贡献是朝着在潜在的识别过程和发展实际冲突转化过程中的对抗因素的实证研究方面规范对抗性和平迈出了重要一步。我们还评估了这两个冲突转化过程中竞争性识别元素的存在。我们的贡献是朝着在潜在的识别过程和发展实际冲突转化过程中的对抗因素的实证研究方面规范对抗性和平迈出了重要一步。我们还评估了这两个冲突转化过程中竞争性识别元素的存在。我们的贡献是朝着在潜在的识别过程和发展实际冲突转化过程中的对抗因素的实证研究方面规范对抗性和平迈出了重要一步。