Peace by peaceful means : peace and conflict, development and civilization

Author(s)

• Galtung, Johan
• International Peace Research Institute

Bibliographic Information

Peace by peaceful means : peace and conflict, development and civilization

Johan Galtung

PRIO , Sage, 1996

• : pbk

Note

Includes index

At foot of t.p.: International Peace Research Institute, Oslo

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

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

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Details

• NCID: BA27727193
• ISBN:
  • 0803975104
  • 9780803975118
• Country Code: no
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oslo,London
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 280 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 327.172
  • NDC8 : 319.8
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Peace -- Research