Forming A Culture Of Peace

Author : Anwarul K. Chowdhury,Daisaku Ikeda
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781786725707

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Creating the Culture of Peace by Anwarul K. Chowdhury,Daisaku Ikeda Pdf

The culture of peace and non-violence is essential to human existence, development and progress. In 1999, the United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus the norm-setting, forward-looking “Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace”. Governments, institutions, NGOs, other civil society entities and, in particular, individuals – all are encouraged therein to contribute to the global movement for the culture of peace. Related to this vision, this rich and varied dialogue discusses how the culture of peace can be achieved in the world. Based on the extensive personal and professional experiences of two high-profile thinkers and activists, they analyse the challenges unfolding at local, national and global levels and how these relate to humanity's quest for peace, human security and happiness. Although coming from very different positions – one a Buddhist philosopher, educator and leader; the other a UN diplomat renowned for his international work in peace, development and human rights – these interlocutors are united in their search for justice and better quality of life for all and their conviction that women and young people are the most effective means to achieving positive change in the world. The dialogue provides ideas on the key challenges that face our planet: poverty and deprivation, war and violence, nuclear weapons and small arms, climate change and environmental degradation, weak governance and financial crises, marginalization of women and alienation of youth and the relentless drive for materialism. They also invite us to consider how the culture of peace can be practically achieved through an individual, collective and institutional transformation. Recognizing that global citizenship, multilateralism, women's equality and value-creating education are central and inter-linked themes, this dialogue also underscores the inherent strength of spirituality, compassion, empathy, forgiveness, respect for diversity and empowerment that comes from the trials and tribulations of life.

Author : Nadine Clare Hoover
Publisher : Conscience Studio
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0982849222

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Creating Cultures of Peace: A Movement of Love and Conscience by Nadine Clare Hoover Pdf

Citizen leaders working for peaceful homes, communities and societies find an abundance of compelling ideas and tools. They illuminate the operating dynamics of how to rely on life's transforming power, resist violence and create cultures of peace. It includes personal practices and group activities essential for restoring and preserving peace.

Author : Rebecca L. Oxford
Publisher : IAP
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781623965075

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Understanding Peace Cultures by Rebecca L. Oxford Pdf

Understanding Peace Cultures is exceptionally practical as well as theoretically grounded. As Elise Boulding tells us, culture consists of the shared values, ideas, practices, and artifacts of a group united by a common history. Rebecca Oxford explains that peace cultures are cultures, large or small, which foster any of the dimensions of peace – inner, interpersonal, intergroup, international, intercultural, or ecological – and thus help transform the world. As in her earlier book, The Language of Peace: Communicating to Create Harmony, Oxford contends here that peace is a serious and desirable option. Excellent educators help build peace cultures. In this book, Shelley Wong and Rachel Grant reveal how highly diverse public school classrooms serve as peace cultures, using activities and themes founded on womanist and critical race theories. Yingji Wang portrays a peace culture in a university classroom. Rui Ma’s model reaches out interculturally to Abraham’s children: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim youth, who share an ancient heritage. Children’s literature (Rebecca Oxford et al.) and students’ own writing (Tina Wei) spread cultures of peace. Deep traditions, such as African performance art, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism and Islam, give rise to peace cultures, as shown here by John Grayzel, Sister Jewel (a colleague of Thich Nhat Hanh), Yingji Wang et al., and Dian Marissa et al. Peace cultures also emerge in completely unexpected venues, such as gangsta rap, unveiled by Charles Blake et al., and a prison where inmates learn Lois Liggett’s “spiritual semantics.” Finally, the book includes perspectives from Jerusalem (by Lawrence Berlin) and North Korea and South Korea (by Carol Griffiths) to help us envision – and hope for – new, transformative peace cultures where now there is strife.

Author : Hilary Cremin,Terence Bevington
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781315304212

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Positive Peace in Schools by Hilary Cremin,Terence Bevington Pdf

Positive Peace in Schools offers a fresh and challenging perspective on the question of conflict, violence and peace in schools. Drawing on the most up-to-date theory and research from the field of peace and conflict studies, this book provides readers with a strong understanding of the concept of positive peace, and how the dimensions of peace-keeping, peace-making and peace-building can be robustly applied in schools. This accessible book challenges educators everywhere to reconsider the nature of direct and indirect violence in schools, and the structural and cultural factors that sustain it. It engages with global traditions of harmony and balance that are often neglected in Western notions of liberal securitised peace, in order to suggest a model for schools that integrates inner and outer peace. The book also includes practical sections that outline restorative approaches to discipline, peer mediation, circle learning, and classroom activities to promote mindfulness, inclusion and wellbeing. Taken together, these provide a philosophy and a highly effective framework for building conflict literacy and a culture of peace in schools.

Author : Basma EL Zein,Ahmed Al Jarwan
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000796681

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Paths to a Culture of Tolerance and Peace by Basma EL Zein,Ahmed Al Jarwan Pdf

We are living today in a multicultural world, surrounded by people from different backgrounds, cultures and religions. Establishing tolerance and peace has become crucial. Without these qualities, social stability and communal harmony are threatened; and acceptance of each other remains elusive. Spreading a culture of tolerance and peace is necessary to address contemporary issues of world peace, this includes reflection on the importance of refusing violence and adopting a more peaceful means for resolving disagreements and conflicts. This book, written by the world’s foremost thinkers in this area, aims to increase feelings of openness and respect toward others, solidarity and sharing based on a sense of security in one's own identity and a capacity to recognize the many dimensions of being human in different cultural and social contexts. Topics discussed in the book include: Promoting Tolerance and Peace  Teaching Tolerance and Peace  Human Values  Intercultural / Interreligious dialogue  Human Fraternity document

Author : Rebecca L. Oxford
Publisher : IAP
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781623960964

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The Language of Peace by Rebecca L. Oxford Pdf

The Language of Peace: Communicating to Create Harmony offers practical insights for educators, students, researchers, peace activists, and all others interested in communication for peace. This book is a perfect text for courses in peace education, communications, media, culture, and other fields. Individuals concerned about violence, war, and peace will find this volume both crucial and informative. This book sheds light on peaceful versus destructive ways we use words, body language, and the language of visual images. Noted author and educator Rebecca L. Oxford guides us to use all these forms of language more positively and effectively, thereby generating greater possibilities for peace. Peace has many dimensions: inner, interpersonal, intergroup, international, intercultural, and ecological. The language of peace helps us resolve conflicts, avoid violence, and reduce bullying, misogyny, war, terrorism, genocide, circus journalism, political deception, cultural misunderstanding, and social and ecological injustice. Peace language, along with positive intention, enables us to find harmony inside ourselves and with people around us, attain greater peace in the wider world, and halt environmental destruction. This insightful book reveals why and how.

Author : Fuat Gursozlu
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004361911

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Peace, Culture, and Violence by Fuat Gursozlu Pdf

Peace, Culture, and Violence is a collection of essays that examine the forms of violence that permeate everyday life and explore sources of non-violence by considering topics such as thug culture, language, hegemony, police violence, war, terrorism, gender, and anti-Semitism.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unesco
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015041535074

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From a Culture of Violence to a Culture of Peace by Anonim Pdf

Through this volume, UNESCO aims to further reflection on the major changes facing the international community today: how to replace the existing culture of violence with a culture of peace. The text presents contributions by eminent peace researchers, philosophers, jurists and educators on the multiple facets of a culture of peace. The contributors underline the universal nature of a culture of peace - some delve into its very concept, others analyze the manner in which it is achieved, while others concentrate on the global endeavour to which UNESCO is dedicated.

Author : Joseph de Rivera
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387095752

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Handbook on Building Cultures of Peace by Joseph de Rivera Pdf

Mediation and negotiation, personal transformation, non-violent struggle in the community and the world: these behaviors – and their underlying values – underpin the United Nations’ definition of a culture of peace, and are crucial to the creation of such a culture. The Handbook on Building Cultures of Peace addresses this complex and daunting task by presenting an accessible blueprint for this development. Its perspectives are international and interdisciplinary, involving the developing as well as the developed world, with illustrations of states and citizens using peace-based values to create progress on the individual, community, national, and global levels. The result is both realistic and visionary, a prescription for a secure future.

Author : Elise Boulding
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2000-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815628323

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Cultures of Peace by Elise Boulding Pdf

Sociologist Elise Boulding offers a collection of essays that emphasize her study of civil society during the second half of the 20th century. She revisits her theme of connection among family, community and government, offering perspectives and advice on how to fuel the process of peace.

Author : Barbara M. Birch
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000576085

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Creating Classrooms of Peace in English Language Teaching by Barbara M. Birch Pdf

Timely and accessible, this edited volume brings together leading scholars to discuss methods for supporting reconciliation, peace, and sustainable and social change in English language teaching. Around the world, peace and reconciliation are urgent themes that are inextricably connected to the study and practice of teaching English. The book features a diversity of voices and addresses pedagogies of peace, universal responsibility, and global interdependence in the domain of English language education. Organized in three strands, Part 1 addresses policy and implementation, Part 2 addresses teacher education, and Part 3 addresses content and lesson planning. With chapters drawn from a dozen countries and contexts, this book paves the way for English language teachers to harness their social capital and pedagogical agency to create sustainable peace globally and locally, and in and outside the classroom. It is essential reading for scholars and students in TESOL, applied linguistics, and peace education.

Author : Laura L. Finley
Publisher : IAP
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781617354588

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Building a Peaceful Society by Laura L. Finley Pdf

To truly move toward a more peaceful society, it is imperative that peace education better address structural and institutional violence. This requires that it be integrated into institutions outside of schools and universities. Doing so will be challenging, as many of these institutions are structured on domination and control, not on partnership and shared power. In particular, U.S. criminal justice, social services and prevention programs, and sport have tended to be dominator-modeled. This book offers analysis and suggestions for overcoming these challenges and for integrating peace education into important social institutions. Creativity will be one of the most useful assets in moving peace education from schools to other institutions. This book argues that with creative visioning, collaboration, and implementation, peace education can be integrated into the most challenging situations and provide hope for holistic changes in our society.

Author : K. Korostelina
Publisher : Springer
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137105110

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Forming a Culture of Peace by K. Korostelina Pdf

This book challenges the discourses, narrative frames, and systems of beliefs that support and promote violence and conflict, it defines new comprehensive approaches to human security as preventative and empowering to individuals, and it provides conceptual frameworks and methodological tools for enhancing the processes of communicating peace.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Conflict management
ISBN : 9781427087607

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The Anatomy of Peace by Anonim Pdf

Author : Patrick U. Petit
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781412844130

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Shaping the Culture of Peace in a Multilateral World by Patrick U. Petit Pdf

As the world faces a multitude of complexly-interwoven challenges, new values and new worldviews are emerging to change the ways in which human beings relate to each other, to our planet, and to all life on Earth. In today’s globalized world, humanity is becoming inescapably aware that coexistence, cooperation, and respect for diversity are fundamental values by which all of us must live. These essential human values, which apply in all individual and societal relationships, are likewise intrinsic to a culture of peace: a way of living that will allow a harmonious, multifaceted, global civilization to blossom. Central to this volume is a belief that in an interdependent world, collective decision-making for the collective good is the most effective way to move forward. In order to respect the balance among cultures and nations, decisions that have a global impact must be taken multilaterally. No culture can achieve and maintain its international objectives by acting unilaterally; nor can any nation or cultural group claim to represent the whole of humanity. Shaping the Culture of Peace in a Multilateral World compiles prominent visionary articles from United Nations institutions and regional and other intergovernmental organizations, and highlights the contributions being made to the creation of a culture of peace. It aims to strengthen multilateral cooperation among intergovernmental organizations worldwide, and to facilitate the formation of a global network of multilateral mechanisms, which will provide collective and holistic responses to the peace and security challenges of the 21st century. Shaping the Culture of Peace in a Multilateral World is in itself a true example of multilateralism, and a publication treasure for people, who are active or interested in international diplomacy and international affairs.