ISBN:
9789400752016
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (231 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Boston Studies in Philosophy, Religion and Public Life Ser. v.1
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.69
Keywords:
Peace
;
Restorative justice
;
War
;
Peace (Philosophy)
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Drawing on the work of leading scholars in the fields of philosophy, political theory, international law, religious studies and peace studies, this book makes a significant contribution to current literature on war, justice and post-conflict reconciliation.
Abstract:
Intro -- Justice, Responsibility and Reconciliation in the Wake of Conflict -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 The Wake of Conflict: Charting the Terrain -- 1.2 Structure and Aims of the Volume -- 1.3 Conclusions: Justice, Responsibility and Reconciliation? -- References -- Part I: What Is War? What Is Peace? -- Chapter 2: Truce! -- 2.1 The Case for Truces -- 2.1.1 The Peace That Kills -- 2.1.2 Truces Can Keep Us Safe Too -- 2.1.3 How Wars Actually End -- 2.1.4 Truces in Political Islam -- 2.1.5 War's Allure -- 2.2 Truce Thinking -- 2.2.1 Optimism About the Passage of Time -- 2.2.2 Aim Low -- 2.2.3 Irreconcilable Enemies Don't Have to Fight -- 2.3 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Peace-less Reconciliation -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Preliminary Clarifications -- 3.3 Vagaries of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict -- 3.4 Reconciliation During Conflict -- 3.4.1 Recognition of Asymmetry (When It Is the Fact of the Matter) -- 3.4.2 Who Is the Victim? -- 3.4.3 Narrative and Acknowledgment -- 3.5 A Note on Peacemaking and Reconciliation -- 3.6 Conclusion - A Curious Twist of Symmetry -- References -- Chapter 4: Heidegger and Gandhi: A Dialogue on Conflict and Enmity -- 4.1 Beginning with Being: Finitude and the Ethics of Con ict -- 4.2 Self-rule and Pluralism -- 4.3 Action and Ideal -- References -- Chapter 5: Basic Challenges for Governance in Emergencies -- 5.1 Setting the Stage and Two Sets of Basic Challenges -- 5.2 Second-Order Basic Emergency Challenges -- 5.2.1 Emergencies, Foreseeability, and the Importance of Prevention -- 5.2.2 When Emergency Prevention Matters -- 5.2.2.1 Risk and Risk Assessment -- 5.2.2.2 The Value of Risky Behaviour -- 5.2.2.3 Burden of Emergency Prevention and Emergency Preventability -- 5.3 Some Concluding Remarks About Public Emergencies -- References.
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