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Understanding Peace Holistically: From the Spiritual to the Political argues that spiritually rooted and morally oriented peacefulness is relevant to the socio-economic-political structures that provide the conditions for a culture of peace. As the authors build up a theory of peace from the spiritual to the relational and communal towards the socio-political, this book also identifies key principles that characterise international and institutional processes that nurture peace. The holistic conception of peace developed in this book may guide and inspire individuals, institutions, and international organisations with regards to how to make peace.
List of contents
Preface - Introduction - Understanding Peace - Peacefulness as a Spiritual State - Peacefulness in Relationships - Toward Deep Dialogue - Peace With the Past - Peace in Communities - Peace With Nature - Peace and War - Peacefulness in Global Political Systems - Peacefulness in an Economy - Education as Peace - Index.
About the author
Scherto Gill (PhD) is Senior Fellow at the Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace and Visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex. Her publications cover a range of topics, including education, dialogue, and peace.
Garrett Thomson (PhD) is CEO and Research Director of the Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace. He is also Compton Professor of Philosophy at the College of Wooster. He is the author, co-author, or co-editor of 21 books.
Summary
The authors build up a theory of peace from the level of the spiritual to that of the relational and communal towards the socio-political. The holistic conception of peace developed in this book may guide and inspire individuals, institutions and international organisations with regard to how to make peace.
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"At a time when peoples' concerns with global peacelessness are as great as ever, it is salutary to have a new volume with a positive, broad approach to peace. This book critiques the illusions of some traditional paths, yet echoes the idea that peace is as much a means as an end-and that ethics and politics, inner and structural peace, all need fine-tuning at such a critical moment." -Nigel Young, Editor in Chief of The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace
