Citation

Eyo EB, Francis DAI. American journal of social issues and humanities 2017; 7(2): 137-150.

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(Copyright © 2017, Godsent Foundation)

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Abstract

In conflict resolution discourse the two challenging and contrasting concepts, violence and nonviolence, are often presented as opposites and contradictory. On the basis of this, one is affirmed against the other. In this article, we aimed to present violence and non-violence as complementary phenomena toward a complementary process of conflict resolution. The objective was to provide an analysis to show that the two concepts can contribute meaningfully to conflict management and resolution. To achieve this aim and objective, we highlighted their significance as methods of resolving and managing conflict, and discussed their problems as well. We used the method of complementary analysis to render a practical account of this discourse; the paper reviewed a number of scenarios where the strategies of violence and nonviolence were employed towards conflict resolution and transformation. This enables us to see how the violent and non-violent methods can contribute to resolve the issue of conflict. From the analysis, we concluded that methods of violence and non-violence should overlap each in conflict and peace research.


Keywords: Violence, Nonviolence, Complementarity, Conflict Resolution, Peace.

Language: en