Between Global Violence and the Ethics of Peace

Edward Demenchonok has worked as a senior researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, and is currently a professor of foreign languages and philosophy at Fort Valley State University in Georgia, USA. He is listed in 2000 Outstanding Scholars of the 21st Century and is a recipient of the Twenty-First Century Award for Achievement in Philosophy from the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, UK. He is president of the International Society for Universal Dialogue. His numerous books and articles are in the fields of the philosophy of culture, social philosophy of culture, social philosophy, and ethics.

• Preface and Acknowledgments (Edward Demenchonok). INTRODUCTIONPhilosophy After Hiroshima: From Power Politics to the Ethics of Nonviolence and Co-Responsibility (Edward Demenchonok).PART I: HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND CO-RESPONSIBILITY1. Globalization and Violence: The Challenge to Ethics (Edward Demenchonok and Richard Peterson).2. The Democratic Peace Myth: From Hiroshima to Bahdad (Andrew Fiala).3. The Holocaust Sublime: Singularity, Representation, and the Violence of Everyday Life (John Sanbonmatsu).4. Can Historical Responsibility Strengthen Contemporary Political Culture (Jenny Tillmanns).5. The Project of Reconciliation and the Road to Redemption: Hegel’s Social Philosophy and Nietzsche’s Critique (Steven V. Hicks).PART II. STOPPING THE VIOLENCE: MODES OF RESPONSE6. No More Hiroshimas and Sharp Weapons (Keping Wang).7. Relevant Hellenic Factors Favoring Effective Dialogue and Peaceful Coexistence (Leonidas Bargeliotes).8. The Grounding of Forgiveness: Martha Nussbaum on Compassion and Mercy (Paul Gallagher).PART III. STRIVING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS9. Human Rights: Historical Learning in the Shadow of Violence (Richard T. Peterson).10. The Universal Concept of Human Rights as a Regulative Principle: Freedom Versus Paternalism (Edward Demenchonok).