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Zusatztext "No other book of peace studies provides such a rich! in depth! and wonderfully interactive conversation about our many understandings and lived cultural etymologies around a single word [ ] An extraordinary balance and contribution to a field overly dominated by narrow academic definitions! a must for our classes and bookshelves." - John Paul Lederach! Kroc Institute University of Notre Dame! USA "A festival of epistemologies! ideas! and philosophies! one will find much to stimulate their thinking in this book! not only about the diverse and multitude philosophies of peace but also about cultural diversity and interculturalism. It is an invaluable and indispensable contribution to peace studies and social sciences and philosophy in general." - Alberto G. Gomes! La Trobe University! Australia "While firmly rooted in the scholarly field of peace and conflict research! this book takes our understanding of peace as a value! as a state of mind and as a process to another level [ ] The Handbook is refreshingly readable and will intellectually and emotionally re-energise and inspire all who read it. An outstanding achievement." - Tom Woodhouse! University of Bradford! UK "Dietrich and his team succeed in allowing readers! who compare diverse ways of making peaces! to elaborate their own reflections attentive to a reciprocal interpellation between different wisdoms! cultures and beliefs [ ] The book does not 'prescribe' to readers how they should think about peace! but opens the possibility to elaborate in an elicitive manner! from the background of their own 'bank of social knowledge' the diverse ways to transform conflicts through peaceful means." - Vicent Martínez Guzmán! Universitat Jaume I! Castelló! Spain Informationen zum Autor ASTIER M. ALMEDOM is Director of the International Resilience Program at the Institute for Global Leadership, Tufts University, USA.IKURO ANZAI is honorary director of the Kyoto Museum for World Peace at Ritsumeikan University, Japan.ALEV ÇAKIR is interested in peace and conflict research, international development, migration and integration and Alevilik.JOSEFINA ECHAVARRÃ?A A. lectures at the UNESCO Chair and MA Program for Peace Studies at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and at the MA in Latin American Studies, University of Vienna, Austria.MARC H. ELLIS is Professor of Jewish Studies and of History, and Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Baylor University, USA.GUSTAVO ESTEVA is a grassroots activist, a public intellectual and an independent writer.MUNIR FASHEH established the Tamer Institute for Community Education in 1989 in Palestine, and established and directed the Arab Education Forum from 1997 until 2007 at the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University.VICTORIA FONTAN is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University for Peace, Costa Rica.JOHAN GALTUNG is Director of Transcend, founder of the Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), Norway, and Professor at the University of Hawaii.ARUN GANDHI is founder and President of the Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute, USA.BELACHEW GEBREWOLD is Lecturer of International Relations at Helmut-Schmidt University, University of theFederal Armed Forces in Hamburg, Germany, and teaches at the UNESCO Chair for Peace Studies, Innsbruck, Austria.ARTURO GUERRERO is Professor of Communication and Pedagogy, and works with young Mazatecs and Mixtecs.AURANGZEB HANEEF studied at Harvard Divinity School, USA.PETER HORSLEY works with indigenous communities on sustainability projects in New Zealand and the South Pacific.DANIELA INGRUBER is staff-member of the UNESCO Chair for Peace Studies and Lecturer at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.ELIDA KRISTINE UNDRUM JACOBSEN is a researcher at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), Norway.HANNES KALISCH is a member of the Enlhet Community of th...
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Foreword Introduction; W.Dietrich PART I: PEACE CONCEPTS IN EUROPE Beyond the Gates of Eden: Trans-rational Peaces; W.Dietrich Peace: The European Narrative; K.Koppe Pax: A Mediterranean Perspective; F.Muñoz & B.Molina Peace: A Western European Perspective; N.Young Friðr: A Northern European Perspective; E.K.Undrum Jacobsen PART II: PEACE CONCEPTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST Shalom: A Jewish Perspective; M.H.Ellis Shalom/Salaam: A Personal Palestinian Perspective; M.Fasheh Salaam: A Muslim Perspective; A.Haneef Salaam: A Sufi Perspective; U.Rehman Salaam: An Alevilik Perspective; A.Çak?r PART III: PEACE CONCEPTS IN SOUTH AND EAST ASIA Shanti: An Indian Perspective; S.V.Bharati Shi wa: A Vajrayana Buddhist Perspective; K.L.Tsomo He Ping: A Confucian Perspective; K.-P.Yu Haiwa: A Shinto Perspective; I.Anzai Buddhism and the World Peace; J.Galtung PART IV: MAORI AND NATIVE AMERICAN PEACE CONCEPTS He Taura Whiri: A Maori Perspective; P.Horsley Skennen: A North American Indian Perspective; P.Lauderdale Kayanerekowa: A Mohawk Perspective; R.Vachon Guelaguetza and Tu Chha'ia: A Zapotec Perspective of What Others Call Friendship; G.Esteva & A.Guerrero Thaq: An Andean-Amazonian Perspective; G.Rengifo V. Nengelaasekhammalhkoo: An Enlhet Perspective; H.Kalisch PART V: PEACE CONCEPTS IN AFRICA Asomdwoe: A West African Perspective; K.A.Opoku T'ùmmu: An East African Perspective; B.Gebrewold African Salaam; A.L.Sarr PART VI: PEACE THINKERS Mahatma Ghandi's Concept of Peace: A Grandson's Perspective; A.Gandhi Ghaffar Khan: Gautama Buddha of Hashtnagar; S.S.Mehdi The Inward Revolution: Aurobindo Ghose and Jiddu Krishnamurti; S.S.Kumar Peaces, a Gift of Grace, Turned into Modern Horror: Ivan Illich Visionary of the Twentieth Century; M.Kaller-Dietrich Pagans and Nomads: The Postmodern Peaces of Jean-François Lyotard and Gilles Deleuze; N.Koppensteiner NgügI wa Thiong'o: Listening for Peace and Resilience in Africa from Makerere 1962 to Asmara 2000; A.M.Almedon Intercultural Inspiration:The Life and Work of Raimon Panikkar; G.Esteva Gregory Bateson: A Practitioners' Perspective; V.Fontan Final Remarks; J.Echavarría, D.Ingruber & N.Koppensteiner Index
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"No other book of peace studies provides such a rich, in depth, and wonderfully interactive conversation about our many understandings and lived cultural etymologies around a single word [ ] An extraordinary balance and contribution to a field overly dominated by narrow academic definitions, a must for our classes and bookshelves." - John Paul Lederach, Kroc Institute University of Notre Dame, USA
"A festival of epistemologies, ideas, and philosophies, one will find much to stimulate their thinking in this book, not only about the diverse and multitude philosophies of peace but also about cultural diversity and interculturalism. It is an invaluable and indispensable contribution to peace studies and social sciences and philosophy in general." - Alberto G. Gomes, La Trobe University, Australia
"While firmly rooted in the scholarly field of peace and conflict research, this book takes our understanding of peace as a value, as a state of mind and as a process to another level [ ] The Handbook is refreshingly readable and will intellectually and emotionally re-energise and inspire all who read it. An outstanding achievement." - Tom Woodhouse, University of Bradford, UK
"Dietrich and his team succeed in allowing readers, who compare diverse ways of making peaces, to elaborate their own reflections attentive to a reciprocal interpellation between different wisdoms, cultures and beliefs [ ] The book does not 'prescribe' to readers how they should think about peace, but opens the possibility to elaborate in an elicitive manner, from the background of their own 'bank of social knowledge' the diverse ways to transform conflicts through peaceful means." - Vicent Martínez Guzmán, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain
