Territorial conflicts in world society : modern systems theory, international relations and conflict studies / edited by Stephan Stetter.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-235) and index.

Introduction : points of encounter / Stephan Stetter -- Debordering by human rights : the challenge of postterritorial conflicts in world society / Thorsten Bonacker -- Regions of conflict in world society : the place of the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa / Stephan Stetter -- Theories of world society and war : Luhmann and the alternatives / Klaus Schlichte -- The autopoiesis of conflict transformation : an example of a 'butterfly effect' in Greek-Turkish relations / Eugenia Vathakou -- Contradiction, conflict and borders / Heinz Messmer -- Addresses in world societal conflicts : a systems theoretical contribution to the theory of the state in international relations / Werner Schirmer -- Conflicts of laws : comparing autochthonous legal cultures / Alain Pottage -- 'Just peace' revisited : international law in the era of assymetry / Achilles Skordas -- The irony of terror : the morality-sensitive nerve in the criticism of violence / Gertrud Brücher -- Conclusion : points of departure / Mathias Albert..