ISBN:
9780415715690
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (624 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Understanding Peace : A Comprehensive Introduction
DDC:
303.6/6
Keywords:
Peace
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Understanding Peace: A Comprehensive Introduction fills the need for an original, contemporary examination of peace that is challenging, informative, and empowering. This well-researched, fully documented, and highly accessible textbook moves beyond fixation on war to highlight the human capacity for nonviolent cooperation in everyday life and in conflict situations. After deconstructing numerous ideas about war and explaining its heavy costs to humans, animals, and the environment, discussion turns to evidence for the existence of peaceful societies. Further topics include the role of nonviol
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; List of Diagrams; Introduction: Thinking about Peace Today; 1. The obstacle of war; 2. War myths; 3. The costs of war; 4. Why we need peace; 5. The appeal of peace; Notes to Introduction; Part I: Beyond the War Mentality; 1. Historical Narrative and the Presupposition of Violence; 1.1 History as a conflict zone; 1.2 Constructing, revising, and controlling history; 1.3 Nonviolence in history made visible: (i) General considerations; 1.4 Nonviolence in history made visible: (ii) Some examples
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1.5 A postscript on nonviolence in historyNotes to Chapter 1; 2. Peaceful Societies and Human Potential; 2.1 A future without war?; 2.2 Early humans and war; 2.3 Human universals; 2.4 The existence of peaceful societies; 2.5 What does a real-life peaceful society look like?; 2.6 Peace in everyday life; 2.7 Cooperation and coevolution; 2.8 Some tentative conclusions; Notes to Chapter 2; 3. Two Moral Arguments Against War; 3.1 War and morality; 3.2 Just war thinking, and some issues; 3.3 Further critical reflections on the just war concept; 3.4 "Last resort" and the case of Iran
Description / Table of Contents:
3.5 First antiwar argument: the fundamental premise of morality3.6 Second antiwar argument: the extended sphere of obligation; 3.7 Evaluation of the arguments against war; Notes to Chapter 3; Part II: A Window on Peace; 4. Violence, Aggression, and Nonviolence; 4.1 Violence and aggression; 4.2 The limitations of violence; 4.3 Nonviolence: narrower and broader visions; 4.4 Self-affirmation and other everyday benefits of nonviolence; 4.5 Strategic (or transformative) nonviolence; 4.6 Critiques of nonviolence and its vindication; Notes to Chapter 4; 5. The Meaning(s) of Peace
Description / Table of Contents:
5.1 Approaches to peace5.2 Peace as a state of well-being, as a goal, and as a process; 5.3 The relationship between nonviolence and peace; 5.4 Inner peace and outer peace; 5.5 From inner peace to cosmic peace; 5.6 Peace as a prescriptive concept and a vision; 5.7 Compassion: (i) what it is, and is not; 5.8 Compassion: (ii) action, and morality; 5.9 Compassion: (iii) seeing things whole; 5.10 The will to peace; 5.11 Peace as a way of life; Notes to Chapter 5; 6. Building a Culture of Peace (1): Fundamentals; 6.1 First thoughts; 6.2 Obstacles to peace-and reasons for hope
Description / Table of Contents:
6.3 What is a culture of peace?6.4 Women and peace; 6.5 Thinking creatively about alternatives; 6.6 Everyday peaceful conduct and alternatives to violence; 6.7 Engaging with conflict; Notes to Chapter 6; 7. Building a Culture of Peace (2): The Way Forward; 7.1 Respect for differences and human rights; 7.2 Respect for other animals and the environment; 7.3 Education for peace; 7.4 A Global outlook; 7.5 Evaluating where we are and where we are heading; 7.6 Conclusion; Notes to Chapter 7; Bibliography; Sources for Epigraphs; Index
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