The polysemias of peace in Colombia

Territorial peace, peace with legality and total peace

Authors

  • Jerónimo Ríos Sierra Universidad Complutense de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/rep.203.08

Abstract

The following paper analyzes the different narratives constructed about the notions of territorial peace, peace with legality and total peace, developed under the governments of Juan Manuel Santos, Iván Duque and Gustavo Petro, respectively. Based on a discursive analysis, the main primary source is 18 in-depth interviews with key actors in the transformation of armed violence in Colombia. Based on criteria of relevance, plurality, representativeness and saturation, the semantic universes of different ideological positions are problematized, enriched by the voices of former FARC-EP leaders and high-ranking military commanders. Thus, the socio-political coordinates and the place of enunciation develop continuities and ruptures that gravitate around a concept, peace, as complex as it is polysemic.

Published

2024-03-22

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