The Fetish of Peace: The Myth of Transformational Peace, Hardcover

The Fetish of Peace: The Myth of Transformational Peace is a critical theoretical exploration of the ways in which the concept of peace is utilized and managed by the international arena and statist systems, distinctive in that the concept of peace is consistently employed in various performances by the state, and international systems, to address serious issues/problems in the international community. Despite all the rhetoric of peace and actions taken in the name of peace, we find ourselves within the same cycle of violence.

About author(s):Joseph H. Campos II is deputy director of the State of Hawaii Department of Human Services and is affiliate faculty in the department of political science and Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.. Katherine Brannum is program director for international relations and global security at the American Public University System. Elena Mastors is lecturer at Johns Hopkins University.