ISSN: 2709-5479 (digital) / 2709-7943 (print)

 

Violence in Times of Polycrisis | 多重危機時代的暴力

 

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As peace agreements across war zones remain elusive, violence - a fundamental force shaping war regimes, state apparatuses, terrorism, crime, racism, discrimination, abuse, and all aspects of power relations - unfolds itself in an extremely brutal way. From the histories and ongoing realities of colonialism, imperialism, military occupation, and economic sanctions to the construction of nation-states and emerging social orders, violence is never absent—it is embedded in the very core of power structures. It operates through systematic, symbolic, material, and perceptible means but can also take fragmented, imagined, intangible, or apathetic forms.

 

We are living in an era of polycrisis, a term invoked by historian Adam Tooze to describe the compounding effects of simultaneous crises—war threats, financial instability, pandemics, refugee displacement, and climate change—each amplifying risks and uncertainties, ultimately undermining the prospects for global peace. In this context, the value of human life is partitioned according to its capacity to be considered “grievable” (Butler, 2009), a notion that reflects our propensity to mourn human deaths. “Ungrievability” is shaped by media narratives that depict certain individuals or populations solely as threats rather than as lives inherently worthy of protection.

 

As the world undergoes dramatic transformations, different political narratives attempt to define its trajectory through evolving visual or verbal languages and new technologies of (mis)information. Whether through the Trump administration’s MAGA doctrine (“Make America Great Again”), a “distributed world” in the view of Vladimir Putin’s regime (Valdai Discussion Club, 2022), or the idea of a “multipolar world” shaped by middle powers amid geopolitical tensions (Rodrik, 2024), it is evident that intersecting crises are reshaping global structures—or even multiple, divergent worlds, if we accept that deep-seated inequalities continue to fracture societies.

 

We invite young scholars to contribute to the exploration of “Violence in Times of Polycrisis” by submitting papers to the CJD project. This initiative aims to examine the evolution and transformation of violence within the context of polycrisis. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

 

Theories and new perspectives on violence

 

Violence within geopolitical tensions and wars

 

Violence and racism

 

War and gender/sexual violence

 

Representations of violence in media, literature, art, cinema etc.

 

Reproduction and perpetuation of violence

 

Domestic violence

 

Actions and activism against violence

 

(Non)-Violence as a means of resistance

 

Language as violence

 

Violence and technology

 

Epistemic and institutional violence

 

The role of the law in mitigating or perpetrating violence

 

 

We invite you all to submit an abstract (300-400 words in English, 450-600 characters in Mandarin) at the following Application Form: https://forms.gle/8d5J1fVXC5cy5V2t9

 

The deadline for abstract submission is May 1, 2025.

 

Articles should be 2,000 - 3,000 words if written in English and 3,000 - 4,500 characters if written in Mandarin Chinese. We accept scholarly articles, conference reviews, interviews, photo essays, video essays, and book and film reviews. We welcome both single-authored and co-authored manuscripts.

 

How to Apply

 

Please note that a full-text article is not required to complete the application. Please read Submission Guidelines available at https://cjdproject.web.nycu.edu.tw/submission-guidelines/.

 

Selected articles will be published on the CJD website (ISSN: 2709-5479) and in a special issue of our booklet (ISSN: 2709-7943). Authors of selected articles with a Taiwanese post office bank account will be awarded 4,000 NTD per article.

 

For more information or any questions, please visit https://cjdproject.web.nycu.edu.tw/ or contact us at iccs.cjdproject@gmail.com.

 

 

 

各個戰區的和平協議仍然遙遙無期，「暴力」——形塑戰爭機制、國家機器、恐怖主義、罪行、種族主義、虐待和各種權力關係的基本力量——展露其殘忍的面貌。從殖民主義、帝國主義、軍事佔領、經濟制裁的歷史與現實，以及民族國家和新興社會秩序的建構，暴力不曾缺席，並且植根於權力結構的核心。暴力通過系統、符號、物質和可感知的方式運作，也可採用零碎、想像、無形和冷漠的形式。

 

我們正在生活在多重危機的年代。由歷史學家Adam Tooze提出的「多重危機」指向同時發生的多種危機所造成的複合效應——例如戰爭威脅、金融經濟的動盪、全球疫症大流行、難民流離失所和氣候變化，每一項危機擴大風險和不確定性，最終讓世界和平的願景消失於人類的視野。在這個脈絡下，人類生活的價值根據其「可哀悼性」(Butler, 2009) 而被區分。「可哀悼性」代表我們偏好哀悼哪些個體或人群所反映的情感政治；而「不可哀悼性」則指向那些被大眾媒體敍事形塑為威脅的特定個體或人口，他們的生命不再擁有被保護的正當性。

 

我們的世界正在經歷天翻地覆的轉型，不同政治敍事企圖通過進化中的視覺或口頭語言和新的（錯誤）資訊科技，來界定世界的發展。無論是哪種政治敍事——川普政權打響旗號的「讓美國再次偉大」，普丁政權的「分散世界」(distributed world) (Valdai Discussion Club, 2022)，抑或是由地緣政治互動中的中間勢力所形成的「多極世界」(multipolar world) (Rodrik, 2024)，顯而易見的是，如果我們繼續容讓根深蒂固的不平等分裂社會的話，交錯的危機將持續重塑全球的結構，使之成為多重、分歧的世界。

 

我們邀請各位年輕學者共同探索「多重危機時代的暴力」這一主題，並投稿至CJD。此專題致力探討多重危機脈絡裡暴力的演化與轉型。以下是我們感興趣的主題（其他主題亦歡迎投稿）：

 

關於暴力的理論與嶄新觀點

 

地緣政治與戰爭裡的暴力

 

暴力與種族主義

 

戰爭、性別暴力和性暴力

 

大眾媒體、文學、藝術和電影再現的暴力

 

暴力的再生產和延續

 

家庭暴力

 

對抗暴力的行動和行動主義

 

（非）暴力作為反抗方法

 

語言作為暴力

 

暴力與科技

 

認識論與體制的暴力

 

法律如何扮演減少或延續暴力的角色

 

 

 

我們邀請感興趣的作者提交300-400字的英文摘要或450-600字的中文摘要，並填寫投稿表單：https://forms.gle/8d5J1fVXC5cy5V2t9

 

提交摘要的截止時間為 2025 年 5 月 1 日。

 

文章字數要求為：英文文章 2000 - 3000 字，中文文章 3000 - 4500 字。我們接受學術文章、會議評論、訪談、圖片/影像散文、書/影評等。我們也歡迎多人合作發表。如果作者居住在台灣並擁有台灣的郵局帳戶，我們將提供每篇文章4,000台幣之稿酬。

 

如何投稿

 

申請時不必提交全文。全文格式請參考：https://cjdproject.web.nycu.edu.tw/submission-guidelines/.

 

被接受的文章會發表在「衝突、正義與解殖：21世紀轉型中的亞洲」（CJD）平台上（ISSN: 2709-5479）以及由 CJD 出版的特刊（ISSN: 2709-7943）。

 

有任何問題，敬請訪問我們的網站 (https://cjdproject.web.nycu.edu.tw/)，或寄送電子郵件至 iccs.cjdproject@gmail.com。

 

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Reference

 

Butler, Judith. 2009. Frames of war: When is life grievable? Verso.

 

Rodrik, Dani. 11 Nov 2024. Middle Powers Will Make A Multipolar World. Project Syndicate. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/middle-powers-means-multipolar-world-not-us-hegemony-or-us-china-bipolarity-by-dani-rodrik-2024-11/

 

Valdai Discussion Club. 24 Oct 2022. A World Without Superpowers. https://valdaiclub.com/a/reports/a-world-without-superpowers/