Justice from the peoples

By means of a dialogue, this entry discusses the different and contested meanings of justice and how they are transformed when justice is thought of as a collective and popular praxis. We emphasise the place of emotions in the conceptualisation of justice. In other words, justice from the people as a collective practice that operates at multiple scales and involves multiple knowledges and emotions.

Postcolonial and decolonial differences

Amid academic fondness for embracing trends and ‘turns’, it is reasonable to ask about the actual difference between post- and decolonial perspectives and to consider whether this difference warrants our attention. This lemma seeks to provide some answers, engaging critically with key arguments by decolonial scholars on how their work differs from postcolonial perspectives. I argue that we should pay attention to the key debates sparked by the ‘decolonial turn’ while avoiding the use of buzzwords and strawman arguments. Additionally, I demonstrate the synergies and frictions between post-/decolonial writings within peace and conflict studies, focusing specifically on the deconstruction and reconstruction of human rights.

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