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The origins of social conflict: history, actors, modalities and representations

Aux origines de la conflictualité sociale : histoire, acteurs, modalités et représentations

Orígenes y raíces de la conflictividad social: historia, actores, expresiones y representaciones

19th-21st centuries/European and American continents

Siglos XIX-XXI / Europa y América

XIXe-XXIe siècle / continents européen et américain

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Published on Friday, November 03, 2023

Abstract

El próximo número de la revista Amnis pretende alimentar la reflexión sobre la naturaleza de la conflictividad social. Para ello, invita a los especialistas del tema a proponer sus artículos, buscando la diversidad de enfoques y puntos de vista que podrán articularse alrededor de los siguientes ejes: las condiciones necesarias para la existencia del conflicto social, así como las consecuencias del mismo ; los actores de la conflictividad social, entendiendo como tales a los ciudadanos, las organizaciones sociales, las fuerzas del orden, el Estado o los medios de comunicación ; las formas de expresión de la conflictividad social ; el espacio en el que se desarrolla la conflictividad social, no solamente como territorio físico sino incluyendo las redes en un sentido organizativo o comunicativo ; el papel cumplido por el lenguaje, las representaciones y los medios de comunicación en un sentido amplio.

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Argument

Social conflict has undoubtedly received notable attention as a field of study from historians and sociologists for more than half a century. The marxist analysis of social conflict (Lefèbvre, 1948) and the theoretical revival of the 1970's (Tilly, 1978) paved the way for a prolific focus on social movements in sociology (Neveu, 2011), still sparking off questions and comments to this day. A theme as present in scientific research and publications as in news broadcasts and written press, social conflict highlights the tensions structuring our society. The recent 2023 suburban riots in France, protests against Covid-19 restrictions in many countries around the world, the social uprising in Chile in 2019, which led to the creation of a constitutional assembly ̶ these are all examples of the various forms and degrees of organization and expression conflict can bear. But what do they have in common ? What is it that truly defines social conflict ?

Characterizing it as a research topic has proved to be a delicate task. While once described as "the unsolvable divergence and the confrontation between mutliple identities, interests and practices" (Ben Mabrouk, 2012) of fighting entities, it is important to point out that conflict does not always imply a pattern of domination between the parties involved, nor does it systematically take on an emancipatory dimension (Quiroga & Magrini, 2020). In that respect, we should question whether all social movements necessarily involve the potential for conflict and, conversely, whether all social conflicts inevitably lead to properly organized social protests. Beyond possible answers, these considerations force us to reflect upon the factors contributing to social conflict.

These factors, as we know, are many ̶ today's social science researchers acknowledge a wide range of trigger elements that go beyond social or political class. In the meantime, the array of techniques used to express conflict has expanded considerably, partly due to new technologies. While used to create innovative forms of protest and forge new networks, they also help increase, quality and quantity-wise, the surveillance of population by the state. Thanks to this extended definition of social conflict, the corresponding field of research has gained a plural dimension and now calls on various concepts such as identity, environment, feminism, transnational networks and gender.

For its upcoming issue, Amnis aims to further reflect upon the nature of social conflict while highlighting the abundance of theoretical and methodological resources available. To this end, we wish to promote a great diversity of perspectives and points of view revolving around the following lines of research:

  • necessary conditions to the existence of social conflict and consequences of the latter
  • agents of social conflict, i.e. citizens, social organisations, law enforcement officers, the state and the media
  • forms of expression of social conflict
  • spaces in which social conflict occurs  ̶ not only concrete places or territories, but also networks, related to communication or organization
  • the role of language, representations and different media (in the broad sense of the word) in the birth or development of social conflict

Submission guidelines

Please send a brief presentation of your paper (300-400 words) in French, English or Spanish to the following email address, along with a resume,

before December 20th 2023: amnis@revues.org

The final version of selected papers is to be submitted by June 15th 2024. Peer-reviewed papers will be published on the journal's website  in October 2024.

Editors

  • Céline Beugnot TELEMME, Aix-Marseille Université
  • María José Esteban Zuriaga Centro Universitario de la Defensa - Universidad de Zaragoza

Event attendance modalities

Full online event


Date(s)

  • Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Keywords

  • conflictualité sociale, mouvement social, Europe, Amérique, période contemporaine

Contact(s)

  • Severiano Rojo Hernandez
    courriel : severiano [dot] rojohernandez [at] univ-amu [dot] fr

Information source

  • Severiano Rojo Hernandez
    courriel : severiano [dot] rojohernandez [at] univ-amu [dot] fr

License

CC0-1.0 This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.

To cite this announcement

« The origins of social conflict: history, actors, modalities and representations », Call for papers, Calenda, Published on Friday, November 03, 2023, https://doi.org/10.58079/1c46

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