Johan Galtung [electronic resource] : Pioneer of Peace Research /
Galtung, Johan.author.
Fischer, Dietrich.author.
This is the first ever anthology of key articles by Johan Galtung, widely regarded as the founder of the academic discipline of peace studies. It covers such concepts as direct, structural and cultural violence; theories of conflict, development, civilization and peace; peaceful conflict transformation; peace education; mediation; reconciliation; a life-sustaining economy; macro-history; deep culture and deep structure; and social science methodology. Galtung has contributed original research, concepts and theories to more than 20 social science disciplines, including sociology, international relations and future studies, and has also applied his new insights in practice. The book is a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners, and can serve as a supplemental textbook for graduate and upper undergraduate courses in peace studies and related fields.
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Preface; Contents; Part IOn Johan Galtung; 1 Johan Galtung, the Father of Peace Studies; Abstract; 1.1...Introduction; References; 2 Johan Galtung's Books (1953--2012); 2.1...Books Published as a Sole Author; 2.2...Books Published as a Co-Author; 2.3...Co-Edited Books Published with Chapters; 2.4...Books from Institutes and Departments; Part IIKey Texts by Johan Galtung; 3 Violence: Direct, Structural and Cultural; 4 Cultural Violence; 4.1...Introduction; 4.2...A Typology of Violence; 4.3...Three Types of Violence; 4.4...Examples of Cultural Violence; 4.5...Gandhi and Cultural Violence; 4.6...Conclusion
5 Conflict Transformation by Peaceful Means (The Transcend Method)5.1...A Summary of the Approach; 5.2...Introduction: Conflict Theory and Practice---A Perspective; 5.3...Life-Cycle of a Conflict; 5.3.1 Before Violence; 5.3.1.1 A Focus on the Cultures; 5.3.1.2 A Focus on the Structures; 5.3.1.3 A Focus on the Actors; 5.3.1.4 A Focus on the Conflicts; 5.3.2 During Violence; 5.3.3 After Violence; 5.4...Conflict Outcomes and Conflict Processes; 6 The Transcend Method in Conflict Mediation Across Levels; 6.1...Case 1: Micro Success---A Business Man, A Buddhist Woman, A Marriage
6.2...Case 2: Micro Failure---Men, Women, Marriage, Culture6.3...Case 3: Meso Success---Nepal; 6.4...Case 4: Meso Failure---Sri Lanka; 6.5...Case 5: Macro Success---Ecuador/Peru; 6.6...Case 6: Macro Failure---Israel/Palestine-Middle East; 6.7...Cases 7 and 9: Mega-Meta Successes---East/West Cold War; 6.8...Case 8: Mega Failure---Healing the Crusades; 6.9...Case 10: Meta Failure---United Nations; Further Readings; 7 The Master of Masters: Mohandas Gandhi; Further Readings; 8 High Road, Low Road: Charting the Course for Peace Journalism; Further Readings
9 From a Twentieth Century of War to a Twenty-First Century of Peace?9.1...The Twentieth Century: From Border Wars to Fault-Line Wars; 9.2...The Horrors of the Twentieth Century and the Role of the State; 9.3...The Mixed World: States Together with Non-States; 9.4...Abolition of the State System = Colonial System = Slavery System?; 10 Democracy for Peace and Development: An Ever-Expanding Agenda; 10.1...Politics as the Search for Balance; Further Readings; 11 What Does Professionalization Mean in Peace Research?; 11.1...On Professionalization in General
11.2...Government Realism Versus Peace Movement Idealism: Tertium non datur?11.3...There is a Demand Out There: A Trip Around the World; 11.4...The Code of Conduct and the Problem of Accountability; 11.5...Time Has Come, with Health Professionals as One Model; 11.6...Conclusion; Further Reading; 12 On the Causes of War and Its Abolition; 12.1...The Causality Discourse; 12.2...Enters Aristotle; 12.3...Enters War; 12.4...Enters Peace; 12.5...Enters War Abolition; 13 Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution: The Need for Transdisciplinarity; Abstract; 13.1...The Place of the Social Sciences in Peace Studies
13.2...Handling Conflict: The Need for Trans-Disciplinarity
This is the first ever anthology of key articles by Johan Galtung, widely regarded as the founder of the academic discipline of peace studies. It covers such concepts as direct, structural and cultural violence; theories of conflict, development, civilization and peace; peaceful conflict transformation; peace education; mediation; reconciliation; a life-sustaining economy; macro-history; deep culture and deep structure; and social science methodology. Galtung has contributed original research, concepts and theories to more than 20 social science disciplines, including sociology, international relations and future studies, and has also applied his new insights in practice. The book is a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners, and can serve as a supplemental textbook for graduate and upper undergraduate courses in peace studies and related fields.
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