This book develops a novel approach to peace and conflict studies,
through an original application of the philosophy of Jacques
Derrida to the post-conflict politics of Northern Ireland and
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Based on new readings of the peace
agreements and the post-conflict political systems, the book goes
beyond accounts that present a static picture of 'fixed divisions'
in these cases. By exploring how formal electoral politics and the
informal political spheres of artistic, cultural, judicial and
protest movements already contest the politics of division, the
book argues that the post-conflict political systems in Northern
Ireland and Bosnia and Herzegovina are in a process of
deconstruction. The text adds to the Derridean lexicon by
developing the idea of a 'deconstructive conclusion', which
challenges historical understandings of conflicts at the same time
as challenging their consequences in the present. The study
provides a critical contribution to peacebuilding and International
Relations literature, by demonstrating how Derridean concepts can
be utilised to provide fresh understandings of conflict and
post-conflict situations, as well as allowing for political
interventions to be made into these processes.
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