Visions Of Peace

Author : Takashi Shogimen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317001338
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Visions of Peace written by Takashi Shogimen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visions of Peace: Asia and the West explores the diversity of past conceptualizations as well as the remarkable continuity in the hope for peace across global intellectual traditions. Current literature, prompted by September 11, predominantly focuses on the laws and ethics of just wars or modern ideals of peace. Asian and Western ideals of peace before the modern era have largely escaped scholarly attention. This book examines Western and Asian visions of peace that existed prior to c.1800 by bringing together experts from a variety of intellectual traditions. The historical survey ranges from ancient Greek thought, early Christianity and medieval scholasticism to Hinduism, classical Confucianism and Tokuguwa Japanese learning, before illuminating unfamiliar aspects of peace visions in the European Enlightenment. Each chapter offers a particular case study and attempts to rehabilitate a 'forgotten' conception of peace and reclaim its contemporary relevance. Collectively they provide the conceptual resources to inspire more creative thinking towards a new vision of peace in the present. Students and specialists in international relations, peace studies, history, political theory, philosophy, and religious studies will find this book a valuable resource on diverse conceptions of peace.

Author : Shirley J. Heckman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Visions of Peace written by Shirley J. Heckman and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jason Gardner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1577312317
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Architects of Peace written by Jason Gardner and published by . This book was released on 2002-08-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrates the power of nonviolence in a tribute to seventy-five of the world's peacemakers, including such spiritual leaders, activists, writers, and scientists as Jimmy Carter, Colin Powell, Jane Goodall, Coretta Scott King, and Mother Teresa.

Author : Gijsbert M. van Iterson Scholten
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030279758
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Visions of Peace of Professional Peace Workers written by Gijsbert M. van Iterson Scholten and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-11 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the meaning of peace according to (some of) the people who make it. Based on some 200 interviews, it empirically studies the visions of peace that professional peaceworkers from the Netherlands, Lebanon and Mindanao (Philippines) are working on. As such, it seeks to add a strong empirical element to the debate on liberal peacebuilding. The main argument of the book is that amongst practitioners, there is no liberal peace consensus at all. Rather, peace professionals work on a distinct set of peaces, that differ along four dimensions. In five case study chapters, the operational visions of peace held by Dutch military officers, diplomats and civil society peace workers, as well as civil society peace workers from Lebanon and the Philippines are explored and compared to each other. Differences are observed along both geographical and professional lines, but also within each group.

Author : Lynda Van Devanter
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780446392518
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Visions of War, Dreams of Peace written by Lynda Van Devanter and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 1991-05-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lynda Van Devanter--author of the backlist classic Home Before Morning, which inspired the TV show "China Beach"--edited this powerful collection of poems reminiscent of Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam. All author proceeds from the book will go to the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project. 6 photographs.

Author : Gerald M. Mara
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190903937
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Between Specters of War and Visions of Peace written by Gerald M. Mara and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, recurring political violence at both state and non-state levels has eroded confidence in the progressively peaceful character of international relations, and has unsettled the parameters of political thought. Frames of peace and frames of war have, throughout Western thought, colored the questions that we ask about politics, the descriptions of the pragmatic and moral alternatives that we face, and the ideas and metaphors that we use at any given moment. These frames, as this book argues, also obscure too much of political life. Gerald M. Mara proposes, instead, a political philosophy that takes both war and peace seriously, and a style of theory committed to questioning rather than closure. He challenges two powerful currents in contemporary political philosophy: the verdict that "premodern" or "metaphysical" texts cannot speak to modern and postmodern societies and the insistence that all forms of political theory be some form of democratic theory. Mara reexamines seminal texts in the history of political theory, from Thucydides to Jacques Derrida, and from Machiavelli to Judith Butler, to examine how frames of reference of war and peace have structured both the writing of these texts, as well as interpretations of them. The result is not a linear history of ideas, but a series of conversations between them, and a democratic justification for moving beyond democratic theory.

Author : Gerald M. Mara
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190903929
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Between Specters of War and Visions of Peace written by Gerald M. Mara and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, recurring political violence at both state and non-state levels has eroded confidence in the progressively peaceful character of international relations, and has unsettled the parameters of political thought. Frames of peace and frames of war have, throughout Western thought, colored the questions that we ask about politics, the descriptions of the pragmatic and moral alternatives that we face, and the ideas and metaphors that we use at any given moment. These frames, as this book argues, also obscure too much of political life. Gerald M. Mara proposes, instead, a political philosophy that takes both war and peace seriously, and a style of theory committed to questioning rather than closure. He challenges two powerful currents in contemporary political philosophy: the verdict that "premodern" or "metaphysical" texts cannot speak to modern and postmodern societies and the insistence that all forms of political theory be some form of democratic theory. Mara reexamines seminal texts in the history of political theory, from Thucydides to Jacques Derrida, and from Machiavelli to Judith Butler, to examine how frames of reference of war and peace have structured both the writing of these texts, as well as interpretations of them. The result is not a linear history of ideas, but a series of conversations between them, and a democratic justification for moving beyond democratic theory.

Author : David T. Hansen
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807778311
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethical Visions of Education written by David T. Hansen and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2019-09-06 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Putting good ideas into practice is one of the greatest challenges facing any educator. Eminent thinkers—John Dewey, Jane Addams, and others—dedicated their lives to producing ways of thinking about education and human welfare that have influenced many persons’ lives. At the same time, these renowned thinkers were also trying to solve problems that every classroom teacher faces, namely, how to help children grow and learn as global citizens in a complex world. This pathbreaking book edited by David T. Hansen provides readers with a collection of insights drawn from a diverse array of thinkers that proves there is nothing quite as practical as a good educational philosophy. It will challenge readers to articulate their own working vision of how to integrate the “big ideas” about education into daily practice. “Fascinating and readable accounts of great educational philosophies from all over the world. It is a major contribution to both philosophy of education and global education.” —Nel Noddings, Lee L. Jacks Professor of Child Education Emerita, Stanford University “Provides a moral counterweight to the forces of standardization, commercialization, and politicization that increasingly threaten our schools. This book should be read, and read again, by everyone who takes education seriously.” —Larry Hickman, Director of The Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale “A dynamic, moving exploration of educational philosophy. This is the kind of book, a kind of approach to philosophy, that the field of education in general and the field of philosophy of education in particular needs. The book truly sparkles.” —Dale T. Snauwaert, Director, Center for Nonviolence and Democratic Education, Judith Herb College of Education, University of Toledo “An inspiring intellectual companion for concerned educators who are committed to transforming powerful educational ideas into socially responsive pedagogical actions.” —Huey-li Li, Professor of Education, Department Educational Foundations and Leadership, University of Akron

Author : Shirley J. Heckman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780783777115
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Visions of Peace written by Shirley J. Heckman and published by . This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ian Corrigan
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105435164
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Visions written by Ian Corrigan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Druid's Peace & the Sorcerer's Eye The practice of magical arts requires a mind trained in the ability to produce altered states of awareness at will. Magical work is supported by the ability to calm the heart and mind, to work with the energies of the Inner World, and to see and journey among the spirits. The Book of Visions provides lessons in the skills of meditation and vision. The methods are presented in a series that can serve as progressive lessons, or stand alone. Presented within a Pagan Druidic framework, the methods are easily adaptable to other Pagan systems. The lessons include: - Meditation - Finding Your Peace - The Two Powers; Underworld and Heavens - The Threshold Realm, & the Vision Journey; - The Inner Grove; a personal place of power. - The Nineteen Working: a spiritual practiced based firmly on Gaelic lore. Ian Corrigan is an Archdruid Emeritus and a Senior Priest of Ar nDraiocht Fein (ADF.