The Socio-Atomic Peace Theory (SAPT): Reframing Identity, Conflict, and Regenerative Peace

The Socio-Atomic Peace Theory (SAPT) is a foundational theory within the broader framework of Ownviewism that explains conflict through the interaction of identity structures, emotional orientations, collective memory, and relational perceptions operating within social systems. Challenging conventional state-centric approaches in International Relations, SAPT conceptualizes societies, communities, and political actors as dynamic socio-atomic systems whose interactions generate cooperative or antagonistic relational fields. The theory argues that many protracted conflicts persist not solely because of material interests or strategic calculations but because identities and collective perceptions become organized around conflict itself. SAPT introduces the concept of regenerative peace as a process of transforming the socio-atomic conditions that reproduce hostility, thereby offering an alternative framework for understanding and addressing identity-driven conflicts in the twenty-first century. Keywords: International Relations, Peace Studies, Identity Conflict, Ownviewism, Socio-Atomic Peace Theory, Regenerative Peace, Conflict Transformation, Social Identity, Collective Memory, Political Psychology.