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Informationen zum Autor Johan Galtung, dr hc mult, is Professor of Peace Studies at the University of Haiwaii, the University of Witten/Herdecke, the European Peace University and the University of Troms[o with a line through it]o. One of the founders of peace research, he established the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) in 1959 and the Journal of Peace Research in 1964. He has published over 50 books, including, Essays in Peace Research, Theories and Methods of Social Science Research, Human Rights in Another Key (1994) and Choose Peace (1995). Klappentext Johan Galtung, one of the founders of modern peace studies, provides a wide-ranging panorama of the ideas, theories and assumptions on which the study of peace is based. The book is organized in four parts, each examining the one of the four major theoretical approaches to peace. The first part covers peace theory, exploring the epistemological assumptions of peace. In Part Two conflict theory is examined with an exploration of nonviolent and creative handling of conflict. Developmental theory is discussed in Part Three, exploring structural violence, particularly in the economic field, together with a consideration of the ways of overcoming that violence. The fourth part is devoted to civilization theory. This involves an exploration of cultural violence focusing on the deeper aspects of cultures. Finally, the threads of these four approaches are drawn together with a focus on peace action - peace by peaceful means. Zusammenfassung This theory-based introduction to peace studies provides coverage of theories relevant to peace studies: peace; conflict; development; civilizations; and economics. It provides an analogy between peace studies and health studies! and makes a strong case for a transdisciplinary approach. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Visions of Peace for the 21st Century PART ONE: PEACE THEORY Peace Studies An Epistemological Basis Peace Studies Some Basic Paradigms Woman:Man = Peace:Violence? Democracy:Dictatorship = Peace:War? The State System Dissociative, Associative, Confederal, Federal, Unitary - or a Lost Case? PART TWO: CONFLICT THEORY Conflict Formations Conflict Life Cycles Conflict Transformations Conflict Interventions Nonviolent Conflict Transformation PART THREE: DEVELOPMENT THEORY Fifteen Theses on Development Theory and Practice Six Economic Schools The Externalities Ten Theses on Eclectic Development Theory Development Theory An Approach across Spaces PART FOUR: CIVILIZATION THEORY Cultural Violence Six Cosmologies An Impressionistic Presentation Implications Peace, War, Conflict, Development Specifications Hitlerism, Stalinism, Reaganism Explorations Any Therapies for Pathological Cosmologies? Conclusion Peace and Conflict, Development and Civilization ...
