Pedagogy, Politics and Philosophy of Peace

Carmel Borg is Associate Professor in the Department of Arts, Open Communities and Adult Education, Faculty of Education, University of Malta, Malta.Michael Grech is Assistant Lecturer at Junior College, University of Malta, Malta.

In a time when we are massively exposed to the premeditated devaluation and destruction of life in especially extra-western locations, Borg and Grech, along with their contributors, achieve a critical scholarly intervention that refuses to rescind the hope for genuine peace that should be rightfully accorded to all. As such, this book represents a uniquely original disquisition that should shift the way we think about peace and international relations; its arguments should persuade us to once again believe in the possibilities of viable and re-humanizing citizenships that affirm and improve the lives of people across the world.

• Notes on ContributorsForeword Introduction by the EditorsPart 1 The Contents of Peace 1. Where Does True Peace Dwell? Marianna Papastephanou (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)2. Toward Critical Peace Education, Michalinos Zembylas (Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus) and Zvi Bekerman (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)3. Critical Pedagogy as Teaching for Utopia, Maria Nikolakaki (University of Peloponnese, Global Centre for Advanced Studies, USA)4. The Myth of the Impossibility of Peace and the Necessity of War, Clive Zammi (University of Malta, Malta)5. In Search of Peace in a Culture of War, Antonia Darder (Loyola Marymount University, USA)Part 2 Challenges to Peace Education6. Jerusalem is Lost, Michael Zammit (University of Malta, Malta)7. Breathing Peace, Relating with the Other and the Maternal, Simone Galea (University of Malta, Malta)8. The Limits of Exogenous Initiatives in Peace Making, Arsalan Alshinawi, (University of Malta, Malta)Part 3 Pedagogy of Peace9. Critical Peace in the Digital Era of Austerity and Crisis, Nicos Trimikliniotis (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)10. The Era of Liberal Peace and the Media Debates Around the Cases of Jyllands-Posten and Charlie Hebdo, Carmen Sammut (University of Malta, Malta)11. Pedagogy, Politics and Humanistic Education, Linda Herrera (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)12. Passive Revolution and its Contribution to the Study of Peace, Joseph Gravina (University of Malta, Malta)Epilogue Carmel Borg (University of Malta, Malta) and Michael Grech (University of Malta, Malta)Index