Approaches to Peace A Reader in Peace Studies

by Barash, David P.

• ISBN13: 9780195123852
• ISBN10: 0195123859
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-29
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Approaches to Peace provides a unique and interdisciplinary sampling of classic articles and short literary selections focusing on the diverse aspects of peace and conflict studies. Readings cover the causes of war and ways to prevent it; the need for peace; nonviolence and peace movements; religious inspirations; and our future prospects for peace. The book offers a balanced and unbiased approach that is vital and easily adaptable to general discussions of both peace and conflict, as well as to the rapidly changing issues of the moment. Each selection is prefaced by a short introduction highlighting the author's background, the work's historical context, and the selection's significance in terms of the "big picture."

Table of Contents

Introduction Approaches to Approaches to Peace	1	(4)
Chapter 1 Approaches to War	5	(56)
Why War?	9	(4)
SIGMUND FREUD
On Aggression	13	(6)
KONRAD Z. LORENZ
Warfare Is Only an Invention--Not a Biological Necessity	19	(4)
MARGARET MEAD
War and Other Essays	23	(3)
WILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNER
The Guns of August	26	(4)
BARBARA TUCHMAN
Victims of Groupthink	30	(6)
IRVING JANIS
The Causes of War	36	(6)
MICHAEL HOWARD
A Structural Theory of Imperialism	42	(3)
JOHAN GALTUNG
National Images and International Systems	45	(4)
KENNETH BOULDING
Glamorized Nationalism: Some Examples in Poetry	49	(3)
Redefining Security: The New Global Schisms	52	(6)
MICHAEL T. KLARE
Study Questions	58	(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading	59	(2)
Chapter 2 Building "Negative Peace"	61	(68)
The Moral Equivalent of War	65	(5)
WILLIAM JAMES
Getting to YES	70	(6)
ROGER FISHER
WILLIAM URY
Disarmament Demands GRIT	76	(4)
CHARLES OSGOOD
The Conduct of Just and Limited War	80	(5)
WILLIAM V. O'BRIEN
The Game of Disarmament	85	(5)
ALVA MYRDAL
The Gift of Time	90	(10)
JONATHAN SCHELL
Finding the Future: the Role of Economic Conversion in Shaping the Twenty-First Century	100	(6)
LLOYD J. DUMAS
International Law	106	(8)
DAVID P. BARASH
The Evolution of United Nations Peacekeeping	114	(8)
MARRACK GOULDING
Perpetual Peace	122	(4)
IMMANUEL KANT
Study Questions	126	(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading	127	(2)
Chapter 3 Building "Positive Peace"	129	(38)
The Land Ethic	131	(7)
ALDO LEOPOLD
The Pedagogy of the Oppressed	138	(6)
P. FREIRE
Letter from a Birmingham Jail	144	(5)
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Human Rights	149	(9)
DAVID P. BARASH
An Agenda for Change	158	(7)
OXFAM
Study Questions	165	(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading	166	(1)
Chapter 4 Nonviolence	167	(32)
Civil Disobedience	171	(5)
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Letter to Ernest Howard Crosby	176	(4)
LEO TOLSTOY
Conscientious Objector	180	(1)
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY
Neither Victims nor Executioners	181	(3)
ALBERT CAMUS
Ahimsa, or the Way of Nonviolence	184	(7)
MOHANDAS GANDHI
Civilian Resistance as a National Defense	191	(6)
GENE SHARP
Study Questions	197	(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading	197	(2)
Chapter 5 Religious Inspiration	199	(26)
The Bhagavad Gita: Hindu	203	(1)
Being Peace: THICH NHAT HANH: Buddhist	204	(5)
Tao De Ching: Taoist	209	(2)
The Old Testament: Jewish	211	(2)
The New Testament: Christian	213	(1)
Holy Disobedience	214	(3)
A.J. MUSTE
A Devout Meditation in Memory of Adolf Eichmann	217	(2)
THOMAS MERTON
A Christian's View of the Arms Race	219	(3)
GEORGE F. KENNAN
Study Questions	222	(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading	222	(3)
Chapter 6 Peace Movements, Transformation, and the Future	225
Peace Movements in History	228	(9)
NIGEL YOUNG
Building Utopias in History	237	(5)
ELISE BOULDING
On Humane Governance	242	(8)
RICHARD FALK
Sexism and the War System	250	(7)
BETTY REARDON
The Politics of Responsibility	257	(5)
VACLAV HAVEL
A Few Poetic Visions	262	(2)
Study Questions	264	(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading	265