Approaches to Peace A Reader in Peace Studies

by Barash, David P.

• ISBN13: 9780195382860
• ISBN10: 0195382862
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-08-10
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

"For those endeavoring to approach peace, there is no shortage of challenges, practical as well as intellectual. Fortunately, there is also no shortage of inspiration and insight."--From the preface Approaches to Peace: A Reader in Peace Studies, Second Edition, provides a unique and interdisciplinary sampling of key articles and short literary selections focusing on the diverse facets of peace and conflict studies. Featuring both classic and contemporary work, it enables students to read highly influential articles while also introducing them to the most current perspectives in the field. Timeless classics from Leo Tolstoy, the Bhagavad Gita, Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, and Henry David Thoreau are included alongside contemporary pieces by Johan Galtung, Betty Reardon, and many others. Updated to address current concerns, the second edition incorporates seventeen new articles, including selections from Al Gore on climate change, Jeffrey Sachs on Third World economies, and Desmond Tutu on reconciliation. A new chapter on terrorism offers work from Eqbal Ahmad, Richard Falk, Samuel Huntington, and others. Ideal on its own as a foundation text in any introductory peace studies course, Approaches to Peace, Second Edition, is also compact enough to use as a supplement with more specialized readings. 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." Study questions and a list of suggested readings at the end of each selection also provide useful resources for students.

Table of Contents

Approaches to War

Why War?

On Aggression

Warfare Is Only an Invention--Not a Biological Necessity

War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning

War and Other Essays

Victims of Groupthink

The Causes of War

A Structural Theory of Imperialism

National Images and International Systems

Glamorized Nationalism: Some Examples in Poetry

Redefining Security: The New Global Schisms

Preventing War: Building ""Negative Peace""

The Moral Equivalent of War

Getting to YES

Disarmament Demands GRIT

Ten Nuclear Myths

A World Free of Nuclear Weapons

A Powerful Peace

Finding the Future: The Role of Economic Conversion in Shaping the Twenty-First Century

International Law

An Insider's Guide to the UN

Responding to Terrorism

Terrorism Past and Present

The Clash of Civilizations

Terrorism: Theirs and Ours

Defining a Just War

Dying to Win, The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism

Terror, The Neglected but Inescapable Core of Terrorism

Building ""Positive Peace""

The Land Ethic

Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

The Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Global Economic Solidarity

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Human Rights

Nonviolence

Civil Disobedience

Letter to Ernest Howard Crosby

Conscientious Objector

Neither Victims Nor Executioners

Ahimsa, or the Way of Nonviolence

Civilian Resistance as a National Defense

Religious Inspiration

The Bhagavad Gita, Hindu

Being Peace, Thich Nhat Hanh (Buddhist)

Tao De Ching, Taoist

The Old Testament, Jewish

The New Testament, Christian

The Meaning of Jihad in Islam

Holy Disobedience

A Devout Meditation in Memory of Adolf Eichmann

Peace Movements, Transformation, and the Future

Building Utopias in History

On Humane Governance

Sexism and the War System

A Human Approach to World Peace

Empire v. Democracy: Why Nemesis Is at Our Door

No Future Without Forgiveness

Antiwar Activists, Where Are You?

A Few Poetic Visions

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