Religious and secular epistemologies and phenomenologies of peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina : doctoral dissertation

Đonlagić Đapić, Halida (author), Črnič, Aleš (mentor)

In the doctoral dissertation, the religious and secular epistemologies and phenomenologies of peace are examined in the case study of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Due to the severe lack of scrutinised examination of peace, this theoretical-empirical research uses an interdisciplinary approach to address the need for a comprehensive understanding of epistemologies and phenomenologies of peace. The first part of the dissertation introduces the conceptualtheoretical analysis of the epistemology of peace from a secular and religious perspective. A four-dimensional conceptual framework is elaborated, which includes the domains of peace (political, social, legal, ethical, and economic), ontological (static, or peace as a state, and dynamic, or peace as a process), values (justice, harmony, inclusivity), level (top-down, bottom-up), which are all constitutive elements of peace. The theories of peace from a secular perspective: realistic, Marxist, liberal/idealistic, and hybrid, their historical development, paradigms, main protagonists, influence, application, differences, similarities, advantages and disadvantages are further elaborated, including their critique. Further, the religious approach to peace from the Early Christian perspective and later Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Islamic, Jewish, and Hindu-Vaishnava perspectives are examined. This analysis encompasses historical, ethical, cultural and doctrinal aspects of peace and depicts differences and similarities of the peace approach in each religion. It discusses religious approaches to peace and nonviolence in the first place and its dialectic with conflict and violence. The empirical part combines qualitative research methods to capture the complexity of phenomenological topics related to religious-secular comparative perspective and interaction in BiH during pre-war, war, and postwar periods. The findings reveal significant epistemological variation in the secular and religious conceptualisation of peace and how typical and atypical phenomena of peace are created under certain circumstances of internal dispositions and external conditions in the process of peacekeeping, peace-making, and peacebuilding. The interdisciplinary analysis underlines the need for comprehensive, holistic and multi-layered religious and secular peace research, recognising the interdependence of epistemological approach and phenomenological experiences for deepening an understanding of peace.

• Language: English
• Keywords: BiH, peace, epistemology of peace, phenomenology of peace, secular, religious
• Work type: Doctoral dissertation
• Typology: 2.08 - Doctoral Dissertation
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: H. Đonlagić Đapić
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: 323 str.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-167784
• UDC: 2:165(497.6)(043.3)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 229267715
• Publication date in RUL: 12.03.2025

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Religijske in sekularne epistemologije in fenomenologije miru v Bosni in Hercegovini : doktorska disertacija

Abstract

V doktorski disertaciji so religijske in sekularne epistemologije in fenomenologije miru preučene na študiji primera Bosne in Hercegovine. Zaradi izjemnega pomanjkanja podrobnejšega preučevanja miru, to teoretično-empirično raziskovanje uporablja interdisciplinarni pristop za naslavljanje potrebe po celovitem razumevanju epistemologij in fenomenologij miru. Prvi del disertacije uvaja konceptualno-teoretično analizo epistemologije miru s sekularne in religijske perspektive. Razvijemo štiridimenzionalni konceptualni okvir, ki vključuje naslednje konstitutivne elemente miru: domene miru (politične, socialne, pravne, etične in ekonomske), ontološke (statične, ali mir kot stanje, in dinamične, ali mir kot proces), vrednote (pravičnost, harmonija, vključenost) in raven (od zgoraj navzdol, od spodaj navzgor). V nadaljevanju podrobneje razčlenimo teorije miru s sekularne perspektive: realistične, marksistične, liberalne/idealistične in hibridne teorije, njihov zgodovinski razvoj, paradigme, glavne protagoniste, njihov vpliv, uporabo, razlike in podobnosti med njimi, njihove prednosti in slabosti, ter njihovo kritiko. Potem raziščemo religijske pristope k miru, najprej z zgodnjekrščanske perspektive in kasneje iz katoliške, pravoslavne, protestantske, islamske, judovske in hindu-vaishnavske perspektive. Analiza obsega zgodovinske, etične, kulturne in doktrinalne vidike miru ter prikazuje razlike in podobnosti pristopa k miru v vsaki religiji. Razpravljamo o religijskih pristopih k miru in nenasilju ter o njihovi dialektiki s konfliktom in nasiljem. Empirični del temelji na kvalitativnih metodah raziskovanja, s katerimi primerjalno zajamemo kompleksnosti fenomenoloških religijskih in sekularnih perspektiv in interakcij v BiH v pred, med in v povojnrm obdobju. Ugotovitve razkrivajo pomembne epistemološke variacije v sekularni in religijski konceptualizaciji miru ter kako so tipični in netipični fenomeni miru ustvarjeni v določenih okoliščinah notranjih dispozicij in zunanjih pogojev v procesu ohranjanja miru, vzpostavljanja miru in gradnje miru. Interdisciplinarna analiza poudarja potrebo po celoviti, holistični in večplastni religijski in sekularni raziskavi miru, prepoznavajoč medsebojno soodvisnost epistemološkega pristopa in fenomenološkega izkustva za poglobljeno razumevanje miru.

• Keywords: BiH, mir, epistemologija miru, fenomenologija miru, sekularno, religijsko