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Peace and War

Historical, Philosophical, and Anthropological Perspectives

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Critically analyzes important examples of philosophies of peace and war

  • Explores the continuing theoretical and practical relevance for peace studies and conflict resolution

  • Written by scholars from a variety of philosophical and faith traditions

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction

    • W. John Morgan, Alexandre Guilherme
    Pages 1-9
  3. The Augustinian Legacy of Divine Peace and Earthly War

    • Michael Hoelzl, Andrej Zwitter
    Pages 49-69
  4. Revolutionary War and Peace

    • Jennifer Mei Sze ANG
    Pages 117-134
  5. Learning for Peace: The Montessori Way

    • Priya Darshini Baligadoo
    Pages 155-173
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 201-206

About this book

Peace and War: Historical, Philosophical, and Anthropological Perspectives is an accessible, higher-level critical discussion of philosophical commentaries on the nature of peace and war. It introduces and analyses various philosophies of peace and war, and their continuing theoretical and practical relevance for peace studies and conflict resolution. Using a combination of both historical and contemporary philosophical perspectives, the book is at once eclectic in its approach and broad in its inquiry of these enduring phenomena of human existence.  

Reviews

"Interdisciplinary yet uncompromisingly philosophical, this collection takes the reader on a global journey of peace and conflict. From Bartolome de Las Casas and the atrocities of colonization to the Tao Te Ching and living a life of goodness, we are reminded of who we have been and who we might yet become. A timely, sobering reminder of the potentiality of violence and the necessity of education for peace."
John E. Petrovic, Professor of Educational Foundations and Policy Studies, The University of Alabama, USA


“This edited volume is impressively historically and contextually sensitive, and includes a number of chapters on underserved, forgotten, or otherwise neglected theorists and works. Thus, it is valuable for anyone who is concerned to have a truly global understanding of war and peace.”
Jennifer Kling, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Legal Studies, University of Colorado, USA

Editors and Affiliations

  • Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK

    W. John Morgan

  • Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Alexandre Guilherme

About the editors

W. John Morgan is Professor Emeritus and formerly UNESCO Chair of the Political Economy of Education at the University of Nottingham. He is also Honorary Professor in the School of Social Sciences and Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow of the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data, and Methods at Cardiff University, Wales, U.K.

Alexandre Guilherme is Adjunct Professor in the School of Humanities at the Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul, PUCRS, Brazil. He is the Coordinator of the Research Group on Education and Violence (CNPq, Brazilian Ministry of Education), and Reader at the UNESCO Chair of Youth, Education and Society, Brasilia.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Peace and War

  • Book Subtitle: Historical, Philosophical, and Anthropological Perspectives

  • Editors: W. John Morgan, Alexandre Guilherme

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48671-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48670-9Published: 03 November 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48673-0Published: 03 November 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-48671-6Published: 02 November 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 206

  • Topics: Ethics, Comparative Religion, Peace Studies

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eBook USD 89.00
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Softcover Book USD 119.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 119.99
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