The importance of space in violent ethno‐religious strife
- 1 June 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Nationalism and Ethnic Politics
- Vol. 2 (2) , 258-285
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13537119608428470
Abstract
The political and moral dimensions of space are rarely understood to be crucial political ingredients. This essay challenges that assumption by examining ethno‐religious conflicts since the 1880s. It argues that the massive spatial configurations occasioned by the collapse of great empires created a powerful impuetus for a steady expansion of the number of ethno‐religious conflicts. Space decisively shaped features of the struggles, namely length, intensity, and purpose. Finally, space influenced international responses to internal ethno‐religious struggles making proximity more important than power in decisions to intervene.Keywords
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