UID:
almafu_9958061518802883
Format:
1 online resource (289 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
94-012-0331-8
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1-4294-5650-7
Series Statement:
Value inquiry book series, 182
Content:
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 change.
Note:
Selection of papers presented at two annual conferences of the Concerned Philosophers for Peace (CPP), held in 1997 and 2001.
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Acknowledgments -- Katy GRAY BROWN: Introduction: Beyond Safe Ground -- Part One: Spiritual Dimensions -- Jerald RICHARDS: Spirituality, Religion, Violence, and Nonviolence -- Joseph KUNKEL: The Spiritual Side of Peacemaking -- William C. GAY: Apocalyptic Thinking versus Nonviolent Action -- Part Two: Political Dimensions -- Anas KARZAI, Marianne VARDALOS: Understanding "Operation Enduring Freedom " through the Persistence of Sacrifice, Revenge, and the Gift of Cruel Economies -- Gail PRESBEY: Strategic Nonviolence in Africa: Reasons for its Embrace and Later Abandonment by Nkrumah, Nyerere, and Kaunda -- Charles Martin OVERBY: The Treasure of Japan 's Article 9: The World 's Foremost Law for Peace, Justice, and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution -- JOHN KULTGEN: "Faceless Coward ": Bush ' s Anti-Terrorism Rhetoric -- Part Three: Justice and Values -- Maria H. MORALES: No Justice, No Peace -- Michael Patterson BROWN: Sharing a Sense of Justice: The Role of Conscience in Political Protest -- David BOERSEMA: Taking Compromise Seriously -- Andrew KELLEY: Kant on Freedom, Happiness, and Peace -- Part Four: Action and Change -- William C. GAY: A Normative Framework for Addressing Peace and Related Global Issues -- Beth J.SINGER: On Language and Social Change -- John KULTGEN: Making a Man of Her: Women in the Military -- Ian M. HARRIS: Assumptions behind Different Types -- of Peace Education -- About the Authors -- Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-420-2061-X
Language:
English
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