Keeping peace in troubled times: perspectives from different disciplines on war and peace
This interdisciplinary anthology offers both theoretical reflections and empirical data on past, present and possible future war and crisis situations. In addition, against the background of the authors' academic and practical experience in the field of international political observation and c...
| Résumé: | This interdisciplinary anthology offers both theoretical reflections and empirical data on past, present and possible future war and crisis situations. In addition, against the background of the authors' academic and practical experience in the field of international political observation and consultancy, proposals are formulated for peacekeeping in crisis regions and with regard to extreme environments. Furthermore it addresses sensory and aesthetic perceptions of war and peace. Unlike other books on the subject, this contributed volume seeks solutions for lasting peace from various fields that could help improve quality of life for people around the world - especially in heterogeneous societies, which are often shaken by religious, ethnic or political crises Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part I: Conceptualizing Peace and War.- Chapter 2. Representing and Feeling Conflict: Lessons for Building Peace.- Chapter 3. Religions and Violence.- Chapter 4. The Notion of Unity in Russian Thought and Its Implications for Peaceful Coexistence.- Chapter 5. Peace with the Future. How Narratives of the Anthropocene Form Relational Concepts of Peace.- Chapter 6. Hermeneutical and Exegetical Approaches to the Concepts of Peace and Violence in the Qur'an.- Chapter 7. War and Peace Through a Feminist Lens: The Need for a Gender-Responsive, Humanitarian Approach for 'Conflict Resolutions' and 'Peace Processes'.- Part II: Examples of War and Peacebuilding.- Chapter 8. New Approaches within the Peace Mission in Africa Using the Example of Uganda.- Chapter 9. Mohammed Merah and the Birth of Post-Modern Jihadism: The Genesis of Merah's Jihadist Extremism as a Rupture and its Effects on the French Society.- Chapter 10. War and Peace in the Understanding of Turkish Politics.- Chapter 11. Victim or Perpetrator? Child Returnees Perceptions of Peace and War.- Chapter 12. Women, Minors and Families Affiliated with Terrorist Groups: Reintegration and Peacebuilding in Morocco.- Chapter 13. The Meaning of War and Peace in Jihadist Online Radicalization.- Chapter 14. 'I Need You As My Foe'. A Practical Perspective on the Need of Having Enemies in the Process of Radicalization. |
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| Description matérielle: | xv, 266 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-3-031-56037-8 |
