Toward a theory of peace: the role of moral beliefs
Editors' Introduction: Randall Forsberg and the Path to Peace -- Part I. TOWARD A THEORY OF PEACE -- 1. The Idea of a Theory of Peace -- 2. Conditions for the Abolition of War -- Part II. SOCIALLY SANCTIONED VIOLENCE -- 3. The Roles of Innate Impulses and Learned Moral Beliefs in Individual and...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Ithaca London
Cornell University Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
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Girard, René 1923-2015
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Crime against humanity
B Political behavior B POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICAL HISTORY B Einflussgröße B Violence Moral and ethical aspects B War B POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace B POLITICAL SCIENCE / Generals B Morals B Social behavior B INTERNATIONAL STUDIES B Peace Moral and ethical aspects B PHILOSOPHY / Political B Peace B Behavioral patterns B Theory formation B War Moral and ethical aspects B Philosophy |
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| Summary: | Editors' Introduction: Randall Forsberg and the Path to Peace -- Part I. TOWARD A THEORY OF PEACE -- 1. The Idea of a Theory of Peace -- 2. Conditions for the Abolition of War -- Part II. SOCIALLY SANCTIONED VIOLENCE -- 3. The Roles of Innate Impulses and Learned Moral Beliefs in Individual and Group Violence -- 4. Socially Sanctioned Group Violence: Features, Examples, and Sources -- 5. Ritual Cannibalism: A Case Study of Socially Sanctioned Group Violence -- 6. Sanctioned Violence, Morality, and Cultural Evolution -- Appendix: The Debate on the Existence of Cannibalism Military analyst, peace activist, teacher, and social theorist Randall Caroline Watson Forsberg (1943-2007) founded the Nuclear Freeze campaign and the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies. In "Toward a Theory of Peace," completed in 1997 and published for the first time here, she delves into a vast literature in psychology, anthropology, archeology, sociology, and history to examine the ways in which changing moral beliefs came to stigmatize forms of "socially sanctioned violence" such as human sacrifice, cannibalism, and slavery, eventually rendering them unacceptable. Could the same process work for war?Edited and with an introduction by political scientists Matthew Evangelista (Cornell University) and Neta C. Crawford (Boston University), both of whom worked with Forsberg. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 187-220, Register |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xxxi, 235 Seiten), Tabellen |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5017-4436-5 |
| Access: | Open Access |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.7591/9781501744365 |
