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Imagine: Reflections on Peace

Author : Vii Foundation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781684630851
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Imagine: Reflections on Peace written by Vii Foundation and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When battlefield prowess and political manipulation are not enough to achieve peace through victory, we summon our best and brightest to negotiate an end; we celebrate peace settlements; and we give prizes, if not to victors, then to visionaries. We exalt peace as a human achievement, and justly so. But the reality of peace is flawed. The rewards of peace are elusive for the men and women who live in the post-conflict societies of our time. Why is it so difficult to make a good peace when it is so easy to imagine? That is the question behind Imagine: Reflections on Peace. In this stunning collection, photographic essays make grippingly palpable the stakes during war and peace. Samantha Power, former US Ambassador to the United Nations, Justice Richard Goldstone, and Jonathan Powell, chief negotiator for the Northern Ireland Good Friday agreement, are joined by world-renown writers in revealing the complexities of redemption and rebuilding in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Colombia, Lebanon, Northern Ireland, and Rwanda. We hear first person accounts of survival and the search for inner peace, bringing the big picture to a personal level. With added insights from scholars and practitioners, the book offers a rare and fascinating glimpse into the unvarnished story of peace and a window into what it takes for societies and individuals to move forward after unspeakable brutality.

The Invention of Peace

Author : Michael Howard
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300088663
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (886 download)

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Download or read book The Invention of Peace written by Michael Howard and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, a preeminent military historian considers why this is so."--BOOK JACKET.

Waging Peace

Author : Anne Deveson
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 174331003X
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (433 download)

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Download or read book Waging Peace written by Anne Deveson and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2013 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Australia's most highly regarded media people looks back on her life through the prism of an intellectual journey and personal memoir.

Passion for Peace

Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher : Crossroad Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780824524159
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (241 download)

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Download or read book Passion for Peace written by Thomas Merton and published by Crossroad Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential writings on an urgent theme.

Positive Peace

Author : Concerned Philosophers for Peace. Conference
Publisher : Brill
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Positive Peace written by Concerned Philosophers for Peace. Conference and published by Brill. This book was released on 2010 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 pragmatically that peace education has a large part of play in meeting the challenge. --Book Jacket.

Building Peace

Author : Craig Zelizer
Publisher : Kumarian Press
ISBN 13 : 1565492862
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book Building Peace written by Craig Zelizer and published by Kumarian Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even though international peacebuilding has rapidly expanded in the last two decades to respond to more multi-faceted and complex conflicts, the field has lagged behind in documenting the impact and success of projects. To help address this gap, the Alliance for Peacebuilding, one of the leading networks in the field, has brought together 13 stories of innovative peacebuilding practices from around the world in Building Peace. While the projects covered are diverse in nature, together they demonstrate the significant impact of peacebuilding work. Contributors created new institutions to prevent and manage conflicts at the local or national levels, helped restore relationships in conflict-affected communities, and empowered citizens to work for positive change in their societies across ethnic, religious, and political divides. It’s clear that there is no quick fix for violence but this volume will go a long way in providing inspiration and practical tools for policymakers, academics and practitioners who seek to make significant and valuable contributions towards achieving peace.

Reflections on War

Author : Thean Potgieter
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
ISBN 13 : 1920338845
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Reflections on War written by Thean Potgieter and published by AFRICAN SUN MeDIA. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflections on War is a comprehensive and objective investigation into the problems of war. The book explores the crucial link between theory, strategy and objectives in war, taking all the evidence and theory into account, and should be of interest to military practitioners, specialists in defence studies, and others interested in military history. Also notable about the work is its ability to draw insights together from international legal theory, management sciences, history, sociology and the political economy of war ? showing due respect for the moral complexities involved in waging war.

Postnational Memory, Peace and War

Author : Nigel Young
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429656149
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Postnational Memory, Peace and War written by Nigel Young and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the phenomenon of modern memory as a reaction to total war, an aspiration to truth-seeking provoked by the independent forces of modern war and collective violence which is transnational, or postnational, in character. Using examples from prose and poetry, film and theatre, painting and photography, and music and the popular arts, the author traces a narrative path through the events of the twentieth century, defining the tradition of modern memory in terms of its essentially anti-militaristic, anti-war character, as expressed in the manner in which it represents recalled violence and atrocity. Through a series of thematic discussions of two world wars, the Shoah, urbicide and nuclear weapons, Postnational Memory explores the formation of transnational memory, drawing on examples from industrialized societies, with a focus on memory of real events and their reproduction in literature and the arts, often including personal recollections that link the self to the represented past. As such, by asking how the concept of modern memory is constructed through the victims of war and genocide, the book constitutes an alternative to national memories and hegemonic, militarist or ethnocentric histories. Surveying the emergence of new, transnational forms of remembering the past, it will appeal to students and scholars of sociology, memory studies and peace studies, as well as those working in disciplines such as modern and international history, cultural studies and military studies.

Let There Be Peace on Earth

Author : Jill Jackson
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1582462852
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Let There Be Peace on Earth written by Jill Jackson and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrates the award-winning song about each person's responsibility to help bring about world peace. Includes a history of the song and biographical notes on the husband and wife songwriting team.

Practicing Peace in Times of War

Author : Pema Chöön
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1590305000
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Practicing Peace in Times of War written by Pema Chöön and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "War and peace begin in the hearts of individuals," declares Pema Chodron in her inspiring and accessible new book, which draws on Buddhist teachings to explore the origins of aggression and war.

War, Peace, and Christianity

Author : J. Daryl Charles
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433524198
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (335 download)

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Download or read book War, Peace, and Christianity written by J. Daryl Charles and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2010-05-13 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With issues of war and peace at the forefront of current events, an informed Christian response is needed. This timely volume answers 104 questions from a just-war perspective, offering thoughtful yet succinct answers. Ranging from the theoretical to the practical, the volume looks at how the just-war perspective relates to the philosopher, historian, statesman, theologian, combatant, and individual—with particular emphases on its historical development and application to contemporary geopolitical challenges. Forgoing ideological extremes, Charles and Demy give much attention to the biblical teaching on the subject as they provide moral guidance. A valuable resource for considering the ethical issues relating to war, Christians will find this book's user-friendly format a helpful starting point for discussion.

Reflections on the Law of War

Author : Frits Kalshoven
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047420837
Total Pages : 1128 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Reflections on the Law of War written by Frits Kalshoven and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-05-31 with total page 1128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers collected in this volume span a 35-year period of active involvement in the ‘reaffirmation and development of international humanitarian law’. A process under that name started in 1971 and ended in 1977 with the adoption of two Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, one for international and one for internal armed conflicts. Subsequent developments brought a narrowing of this gap between international and internal armed conflicts, as well as growing recognition of the interplay between the law of armed conflict and human rights, the rediscovery of individual criminal liability for violations of international humanitarian law, the introduction of further prohibitions or restrictions on the use of specified weapons, and so on. In contrast with these positive developments, the period was negatively characterised by increasing disrespect, not only for some or other minor rule (such as what to do with cash taken from a prisoner of war at the time of his capture) but for the very principles underlying the entire body of the law of armed conflict: respect for the other as a human being and, hence, humane treatment of prisoners of war and other detainees, protection of civilians... Throughout the period, the author’s activities ranged from participation in lawmaking and law interpreting exercises, through attempts at explaining the law of armed conflict in its historical context and making propaganda for its faithful implementation, to critical or even bewildered observance of actual events. The papers brought together here reflect these diverse angles.

If the War Goes On

Author : Hermann Hesse
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1466835524
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book If the War Goes On written by Hermann Hesse and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most astonishing aspects of Hesse's career is the clear-sightedness and consistency of his political views, his passionate espousal of pacifism and internationalism from the start of World War I to the end of his life. The earliest essay in this book was written in September 1914 and was followed by a stream of letters, essays, and pamphlets that reached its high point with Zarathustra's Return (published anonymously in 1919, the year that also saw the publication of Demian), in which Hesse exhorted German youth to shake off the false gods of nationalism and militarism that had led their country into the abyss. Such views earned him the labels "traitor" and "viper" in Germany, but after World War II he was moved to reiterate his beliefs in another series of essays and letters. Hesse arranged his anti-war writing for publication in one volume in 1946; an amplified edition appeared in 1949 and that text has been followed for this first English-language edition. In his foreword Hesse describes the heart of the philosophy expressed here: "In each one of these essays I strive to guide the reader not into the world theater with its political problemns but into his innermost being, before the judgment seat of his very personal conscience." This faith in salvation via the Inward Way, so familiar to readers of Hesse's fiction, is persuasively set forth as the answer to questions of war and peace.

War, Peace, and Violence: Four Christian Views

Author : Paul Copan
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 1514002353
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book War, Peace, and Violence: Four Christian Views written by Paul Copan and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world of war, terrorism, and constant threats to global stability, how should Christians honor Jesus Christ? Four experts in Christian ethics, political philosophy, and international affairs present four different views of just war, nonviolence, Christian realism, and church history, orienting readers to today's key positions.

Peace in the Middle East?

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Peace in the Middle East? written by Noam Chomsky and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 1974 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Global Challenges

Author : Iris Marion Young
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 074563835X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Global Challenges written by Iris Marion Young and published by Polity. This book was released on 2006-02-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late twentieth century many writers and activists envisioned new possibilities of transnational cooperation toward peace and global justice. In this book Iris Marion Young aims to revive such hopes by responding clearly to what are seen as the global challenges of the modern day. Inspired by claims of indigenous peoples, the book develops a concept of self-determination compatible with stronger institutions of global regulation. It theorizes new directions for thinking about federated relationships between peoples which assume that they need not be large or symmetrical. Young argues that the use of armed force to respond to oppression should be rare, genuinely multilateral, and follow a model of law enforcement more than war. She finds that neither cosmopolitan nor nationalist responses to questions of global justice are adequate and so offers a distinctive conception of responsibility, founded on participation in social structures, to describe the obligations that both individuals and organizations have in a world of global interdependence. Young applies clear analysis and cogent moral arguments to concrete cases, including the wars against Serbia and Iraq, the meaning of the US Patriot Act, the conflict in Palestine/Israel, and working conditions in sweat shops.

Instruments of Christ

Author : Albert Haase
Publisher : Franciscan Media
ISBN 13 : 9780867165722
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (657 download)

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Download or read book Instruments of Christ written by Albert Haase and published by Franciscan Media. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through one of the world’s most beloved and inspirational prayers, the Peace Prayer, Franciscan priest Albert Haase challenges us to look beyond ourselves and toward God, and henceforth all of humanity. In this compact but compelling book Haase reflects on each phrase of the Peace Prayer, offering us ideas about what it means to truly be a peacemaker and “Little Christ.” Haase explores six seeds he says we need to sow if Easter Peace is to blossom in this world—love, forgiveness, faith, hope, light and joy. Stories from the author’s life as well as those of friends punctuate each reflection and encourage us to plant these seeds of virtue and send forth the eternal message that we all desire and need peace in our daily lives.