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19 produkter
Peace of Nature and the Nature of Peace
Essays on Ecology, Nature, Nonviolence, and Peace
Av Andrew Fiala
Häftad, 2015
888 kr
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The essays collected in The Peace of Nature and the Nature of Peace consider connections between ecology, environmental ethics, nonviolence, and philosophy of peace. Edited by Andrew Fiala, this book includes essays written by important scholars in the field of peace studies, pacifism, and …
Future without Borders? Theories and practices of cosmopolitan peacebuilding
Häftad, 2016
1384 kr
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A Future without Borders (FWB) offers an explanation of why the recent, but by now distant, movements of the “Occupy Wall Street” activists have repeated themselves across the globe. The book demonstrates some of the processes inherent to an adapting cosmopolitanism (a call for civility, a call for …
Peace, Culture, and Violence
Häftad, 2018
1073 kr
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Peace, Culture, and Violence examines deeper sources of violence by providing a critical reflection on the forms of violence that permeate everyday life and our inability to recognize these forms of violence. Exploring the elements of culture that legitimize and normalize violence, the essays …
Nonviolence: Critiquing Assumptions, Examining Frameworks
Av Michael Brown, Katy Gray Brown
Häftad, 2018
1084 kr
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Many judgments regarding what is good or bad, possible or impossible, rely upon unspoken assumptions or frameworks which are used to view and evaluate events and actions. Philosophers uncover these hidden aspects of thoughts and judgments, scrutinizing them for soundness, validity, and fairness. …
Pragmatic Nonviolence: Working toward a Better World
Häftad, 2021
1188 kr
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Written in dialogue format, Andrew Fitz-Gibbon’s Pragmatic Nonviolence argues that nonviolence is the best hope for a better world. Human violence in all its forms—physical, psychological and systemic-cultural—is perhaps the greatest obstacle to well-being in personal and community life. …
Climbing Together: Relational Morality and Meaningful Action in Intercultural Community Engagement
Av Anna Taft
Inbunden, 2024
1968 kr
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Scholars and commentators have noted the frequent inefficacy of “development,” and criticized the power relations it entrenches. Aware of these problems, some North Americans choose to disengage from transnational work. But the reality is that we cannot avoid participating in global networks that …
Proof-of-Concept: Visions of Peace and Nonviolence in Pop Culture
Inbunden, 2026
1788 kr
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Violence permeates contemporary pop culture and, unsurprisingly, it is often put forward as the ultimate solution to any difficult interpersonal or sociopolitical problem. As a corrective, this volume draws out visions of peace and nonviolence in pop culture and discusses them at the theoretical, …
Philosophical Perspectives on Power and Domination
Theories and Practices
Häftad, 1997
665 kr
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The essays in this volume explore in detail many of the ways power structures our daily personal, political and intellectual lives, and evaluate the workings of power using a variety of theoretical paradigms, from Hobbesian liberalism to Foucauldian feminist postmodernism. Taken as a whole, the …
Putting Peace into Practice
Evaluating Policy on Local and Global Levels
Häftad, 2004
980 kr
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This book examines the role and limits of policies in shaping attitudes and actions toward war, violence, and peace. Authors examine militaristic language and metaphor, effects of media violence on children, humanitarian intervention, sanctions, peacemaking, sex offender treatment programs, …
Problems for Democracy
Av John Kultgen
Häftad, 2006
1397 kr
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This book, based on the premise that democracy promotes peace and justice, explores theoretical and practical problems that can arise or that have arisen in democratic polities. Contributors address, with clarifying analyses, such theoretical issues as the relationship between recursivist …
Spiritual and Political Dimensions of Nonviolence and Peace
Häftad, 2006
1265 kr
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This book is a collection of philosophical papers that explores theoretical and practical aspects and implications of nonviolence as a means of establishing peace. The papers range from spiritual and political dimensions of nonviolence to issues of justice and values and proposals for action and …
Philosophical Perspectives on the "War on Terrorism"
Häftad, 2007
1035 kr
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This book responds to the Bush Administration position on the “war on terror.” It examines preemption within the context of “just war”; justification for the United States-led invasion of Iraq, with some authors charging that its tactics serve to increase terror; global terrorism; and concepts such …
Parceling the Globe
Philosophical Explorations in Globalization, Global Behavior, and Peace
Av Danielle Poe
Häftad, 2008
1462 kr
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Parceling the Globe is a study in the processes of global democracy. It offers an early answer to the question regarding our responsibility to others. Through its organization, it presents a partial understanding of the globalization process. It determines the range of global behaviors and …
New Kind of Containment
"The War on Terror," Race, and Sexuality
Häftad, 2009
1315 kr
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This book addresses “containment” as it relates to interlocking discourses around the “War on Terror” as a global effort and its link to race and sexuality within the United States. The project emerged from the recognition that the events of 11 September 2001, prompted new efforts at containment …
Positive Peace
Reflections on Peace Education, Nonviolence, and Social Change
Häftad, 2010
1123 kr
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Positive Peace is a scholarly and creative compilation of articles on peace education, nonviolence and social change. Arun Gandhi (grandson of Mahatma Gandhi) sets the scene in his introduction with the challenge that positive peace is both a resisting of the physical violence of war and the …
Containing (Un)American Bodies
Race, Sexuality, and Post-9/11 Constructions of Citizenship
Av Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo, Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo
Häftad, 2010
742 kr
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Remembrance and Reconciliation
Av Rob Gildert
Häftad, 2011
811 kr
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Remembrance and reconciliation envision intentional pathways out of conflict and toward peace. Remembrance retraces the junctures in the past that determined what a nation has become. Probing accountability for past actions establishes accountability for what continues to happen. Revisiting what a …
Communities of Peace
Confronting Injustice and Creating Justice
Av Danielle Poe
Häftad, 2011
667 kr
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This volume examines the many ways in which violence, domination, and oppression manifest themselves. This examination opens the way to creative suggestions for overcoming injustice. The authors in this volume also describe the features of a just community and inspire readers to implement peaceful …
Peace Philosophy and Public Life
Commitments, Crises, and Concepts for Engaged Thinking
Av Greg Moses
Häftad, 2014
953 kr
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To a world assaulted by private interests, this book argues that peace must be a public thing. Distinguished philosophers of peace have always worked publicly for public results. Opposing nuclear proliferation, organizing communities of the disinherited, challenging violence within status quo …
