Abstract
What is peace? In the age of decreasing global appetite for liberal democracy, how does the notion of peace prefigure in the political discourse of emerging far-right politicians? The concept of peace constitutes one of the most contentious discursive tools in modern politics. Peace is a fuzzy meta-discourse, which means that its discursive invocation in the public sphere facilitates considerable difficulties in distinguishing it from other related but supposedly distinctive concepts such as development, justice, human rights, stability, consolidated regime, strong state, and democratization. By conceiving peace as a fuzzy meta-discourse, its meaning is provisional, contextual, and circumstantial, and therefore, by necessity, its definitional boundaries are malleable and difficult to analytically pin down. The application of the peace concept could vary widely depending on a complex range of factors—such as the user’s agenda, cultural context, temporal milieu, and discursive environment.
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