Rethinking Peace

Published by Lynne Rienner Publishers 1994

Rethinking Peace

Edited by: Robert Elias and Jennifer Turpin

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685858438

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With the development of the atomic bomb, Albert Einstein remarked that everything had changed except our thinking about the world. Einstein and Bertrand Russell warned us that "we have to learn to think in a new way. . . . shall we put an end to the human race; or shall we renounce war?" Unfortunately, we are facing the end of this century still in the midst of wars of various motivations. In response, the editors of Rethinking Peace have compiled a collection of essays designed to encourage readers to think differently about the world and the prospects for peace. Based on rigorous scholarly work, these essays nevertheless have been written to be read by students—to make important points in a short space, and in plain English. With an emphasis on new thinking and positive strategies for developing a more peaceful world, the authors explore why conventional politics and generations of peace movements have not quelled our fascination with militarism; how we got to where we are now; the kind of thinking that keeps leading us to war; and how we can fundamentally change our thinking so that a peaceful future is more than simply a pipedream.The forty-five articles—fresh, timely, diverse, and controversial—are sure to provoke meaningful discussion and debate.

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"Timely, diverse, and controversial.... provides a wealth of new ideas and perspectives, and represents the most recent stage in the systematic study of the causes of war and violence and the conditions of peace.... A genuine contribution."—Choice

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1 Introduction: Thinking About Peace Robert Elias and Jennifer Turpin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1 Old Thinking: How Did We Get Here?
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2 Real Men, Wimps, and National Security Myriam Miedzian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
3 Fantasies of Power H. Bruce Franklin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
4 The Dictator's Furnace Donna U. Gregory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
5 War, Propaganda, and Civilized Values Cyrus Veeser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
6 Columbus and the Crusades Joseph J. Fahey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
Part 2 Taking Stock: Rethinking Contemporary Paradigms
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Current Dilemmas
7 War as a Social Problem Sam Marullo and Jen Hlavacek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
8 The Seville Statement on Violence David Adams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
9 Sociological Statement on War and Violence Louis Kriesberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
10 The Gulf War and the New World Order Joseph Gerson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
11 Hardware Is Not the Problem William A. Schwartz and Charles Derber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
12 The New Nationalism in Europe Mary Kaldor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
13 Ethnicity's Threat to Peace Abdul Aziz Said and Abdul Karim Bangura Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
14 Who Are the Enemies? Michael Renner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
15 On the Status of Southern Women La Yi Egunjobi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
16 The Dilemmas of Flight Arthur C. Helton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
17 Crime Wars Forgotten Robert Elias Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Regional Challenges
18 Glasnost and the End of the Cold War Jennifer Turpin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
19 After the Euphoria Judit Kiss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
20 Conflict Mitigation in Former Yugoslavia Jan Oberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
21 Confidence Building in Asia-Pacific Andrew Mack Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
22 A Middle Eastern Peace Strategy Abdul Aziz Said Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
Part 3 New Ideas: Creating New Models
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New Consciousness
23 Peace Studies and the American Ethos Joseph J. Fahey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
24 Writing as an Act of Hope Isabel Allende Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
25 National Security News David Rubin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
26 Preparing Children for Peace Lana L. Hostetler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
27 Listen to Women, for a Change Birgit Brock-Ulne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
28 Safe as Houses? Paul Chilton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
29 African Americans and World Peace James N. Karioki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
New Models
30 Civil Society in Transition Beverly Woodward Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
31 The Right to Peace After the Cold War Katarina Tomasevski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	234
32 Development with a Human Face Jeanne Vickers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	246
33 What Do We Do Now? Lane Kenworthy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	254
34 Aggression Reduction Strategies Arnold P. Goldstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	262
35 Civil Deterrence Christian Mellon, Jean-Marie Muller and Jacques Semelin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Part 4 New Strategies: New Ideas into Action
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Peace Action
36 A Grassroots Approach to Life in Peace Chadwick F. Alger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	282
37 The European Citizens' Assembly Patricia Chilton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	290
38 Reimagining Future Society Roy Morrison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
39 Municipal Diplomacy Will Swaim and Michael Shuman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
40 Frame or Be Framed Jackie Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	312
41 Ending the Scourge of War David Krieger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	318
Peace Movements
42 The Bomb, the Movement, and the Future Charles Hauss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	328
43 Democracy in African Insurgent Movements Stephen Zunes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
44 Challenging the Japanese Peace Movement Katsuya Kodama Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	344
45 Directions for the U.S. Peace Movement Roger Peace Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	350
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363
About the Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	380

Language: English
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Pages
- Main content: 380
Keywords: peace movement

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