Positive peace : reflections on peace education, nonviolence, and social change /
This book addresses positive peace. In his introduction, Arun Gandhi, fifth grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, asks, "For generations human beings have strived to attain peace, but with little or no success. Why is peace so illusive?" Twelve philosophers and educators suggest creatively and pragm...
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
Rodopi,
2010
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| Series: | Value inquiry book series ;
vol. 217. Value inquiry book series. Philosophy of peace. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface / Andrew Fitz-Gibbon
- Editorial foreword / William C. Gay
- Guest foreword / Arun Gandhi
- Hope and the ethics of belief / Richard Werner
- The vulnerability thesis and the peacemaking virtues / Robert L. Muhlnickel
- Gandhian nonviolence as not presupposing human goodness / Sanjay Lal
- Nonviolent rhetoric in geopolitics / William C. Gay
- Will Kymlicka as peacemaker / Joseph Betz
- Systemic constellations and their potential in peace work / Anna Lübbe
- Peace education : a systemic framework / Joseph Rayle
- Building bridges to peace : teaching tolerance through the history of art / Paul J. Parks
- Anti-war war films / Dennis Rothermel
- The power of song for nonviolent transformative action / Colleen Kattau
- Woman, mother, and nonviolent activism / Danielle Poe
- The blue guitar, blue frog, and the blues / Katina Sayers-Walker.
