Inventing Peace

Author : Wim Wenders,Mary Zournazi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780857722706

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Inventing Peace by Wim Wenders,Mary Zournazi Pdf

Inventing Peace revolves around the question of how we look at the world, but do not see it when there is so much war, injustice, suffering and violence. What are the ethical and moral consequences of looking, but not seeing, and, most of all, what has become of the notion of peace in all this? In the form of a written dialogue, Wim Wenders and Mary Zournazi consider this question as one of the fundamental issues of our times as well as the need to reinvent a visual and moral language for peace. Inspired by various cinematic, philosophical, literary and artistic examples, Wenders and Zournazi reflect on the need for a change of perception in the everyday as well as in the creation of images. In its unique style and method, Inventing Peace demonstrates an approach to peace through sacred, ethical and spiritual means, to provide an alternative to the inhumanity of war and violence. Their book might help to make peace visible and tangible in new and unforeseen ways.

Author : Douglas P. Fry
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199858996

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War, Peace, and Human Nature by Douglas P. Fry Pdf

A collection of essays from leading academics about the nature of war and the capacity for peace as applied to human nature.

Author : The American Caneman
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1457534908

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Inventing Peace by The American Caneman Pdf

Inventing Peace begins shortly after the author s first round of chemotherapy treatment at the age of 66. Diagnosed with stomach cancer and stage IV lung cancer, he chronicles his experience with a corrupt doctor, as well as the joy he is determined to infuse into each remaining day of his life. This eloquent, thoughtful book also contains his views on subjects ranging from the importance of developing new ideas, the dangers of terrorism, the plight of Syrian children, and the Muslim faith, presenting important arguments regarding Mohammad and his teachings. Despite the weighty topics, Inventing Peace is uplifting and hopeful a testament to the power of positive thinking as the author learns that ecstasy is the essence of life and that the mind is our most powerful weapon in the face of adversity. About the Author The American Caneman a nickname derived from one of the author s business ventures making canes graduated from OSU in 1973 with a master s in science and received his first patent in 1974. As an inventor and engineer, he has received many patents since then and is the owner and founder of three companies. Born in Syria, the Caneman came to America when he was 17 years old, giving him a unique perspective on Mohammad s teachings.

Author : Chris Blazina,David S. Shen-Miller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135280659

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An International Psychology of Men by Chris Blazina,David S. Shen-Miller Pdf

This text is the first to provide a contextual understanding of the clinical issues that affect men and masculinity across a wide range of cultural and national settings. It demonstrates that gender can no longer be viewed as an isolated characteristic; in an era of increased globalization, mental health professionals need to take ethnic and cultural issues into account to provide adequate care for male patients. Numerous international perspectives are offered by the contributing authors, authorities from countries such as Australia, Argentina, Denmark, Canada, India, Ireland, and South Africa, on theoretical and clinical innovations for working with men. Their chapters also offer insight into the socio-cultural contexts for counseling men in and from their respective countries by exploring the ways in which "being a man" is socially defined, what unique challenges men face, and how these challenges can be negotiated within their specific cultural settings. Topics addressed will include boyhood notions of manhood, relationship concerns and power, fatherhood, and men’s body image across the life span. This text will ultimately enable mental health practitioners to have a better understanding of how to work more effectively with male clients.

Author : Nadine Dolby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136345920

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Rethinking Multicultural Education for the Next Generation by Nadine Dolby Pdf

Rethinking Multicultural Education for the Next Generation builds on the legacy of social justice multicultural education, while recognizing the considerable challenges of reaching today’s college students. By drawing on breakthrough research in two fields – neuroscience and animal studies – Nadine Dolby argues that empathy is an underlying element of all living beings. Dolby shows how this commonality can provide a scaffolding for building an exciting new approach to developing multicultural and global consciousness, one that has the potential to transform how our students see and relate to the world around them. This book features classroom vignettes and reflections, discussion of research with pre-service teachers on the concept of empathy, and pedagogical suggestions for fostering the new empathy in students. Incorporating discussions of animal emotions, sustainability, and our responsibilities to all living creatures and the planet, Dolby challenges multicultural educators to rethink both curriculum and pedagogy and to begin new and bolder conversations about how empathy for humans, animals, and the planet must be part of a new approach to teaching.

Author : James Stanescu,Kevin Cummings
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781498538312

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The Ethics and Rhetoric of Invasion Ecology by James Stanescu,Kevin Cummings Pdf

The Ethics and Rhetoric of Invasion Ecology provides an introduction to the controversial treatment and ongoing violence routinely utilized against non-native species. Drawing from the tradition of critical animal scholars, Stanescu and Cummings have assembled a group of advocates who argue for a different kind of relationship with foreign species. Where contemporary approaches often emphasize the need to eradicate ecological invaders in order to preserve delicate habitats, the essays in this volume aim to reformulate the debate by arguing for an alternative approach that advances the possibility of an ethics of co-habitation.

Author : Santiago Genovés
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Aggressiveness
ISBN : RUTGERS:390300018616590

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Is Peace Inevitable? by Santiago Genovés Pdf

Author : European Centre for Conflict Prevention
Publisher : International Books
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105073279874

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People Building Peace by European Centre for Conflict Prevention Pdf

This book examines the work of churches, media and business in building peace, placing particular emphasis on the role of civil society in resolving conflicts.

Author : Ginger Strand
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-05-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781416546566

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Inventing Niagara by Ginger Strand Pdf

Strand reveals the hidden history of America's most iconic natural wonder, Niagara Falls, illuminating what it says about our history, our relationship with the environment, and ourselves.

Author : Mandy Turner,Florian P. Kühn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317486466

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The Politics of International Intervention by Mandy Turner,Florian P. Kühn Pdf

This book critically explores the practices of peacebuilding, and the politics of the communities experiencing intervention. The contributions to this volume have a dual focus. First, they analyse the practices of western intervention and peacebuilding, and the prejudices and politics that drive them. Second, they explore how communities experience and deal with this intervention, as well as an understanding of how their political and economic priorities can often diverge markedly from those of the intervener. This is achieved through theoretical and thematic chapters, and an extensive number of in-depth empirical case studies. Utilising a variety of conceptual frameworks and disciplines, the book seeks to understand why something so normatively desirable – the pursuit of, and building of, peace – has turned out so badly. From Cambodia to Afghanistan, Iraq to Mali, interventions in the pursuit of peace have not achieved the results desired by the interveners. But, rather, they have created further instability and violence. The contributors to this book explore why. This book will be of much interest to students, academics and practitioners of peacebuilding, peacekeeping, international intervention, statebuilding, security studies and IR in general.

Author : Thomas Keefe,Ron E. Roberts
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Political Science
ISBN : IND:30000009700158

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Realizing Peace by Thomas Keefe,Ron E. Roberts Pdf

Author : David Krieger,Frank K. Kelly
Publisher : Noble Press Incorporated
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015028488149

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Waging Peace II by David Krieger,Frank K. Kelly Pdf

Author : Lawrence Weschler
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005-07-12
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780679777403

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Vermeer in Bosnia by Lawrence Weschler Pdf

There are writers who specialize in the strange and others whose genius is to find the strangeness in the familiar, the unexpected meanings in stories we thought we knew. Of that second category, Lawrence Weschler is the master. Witness the pieces in this splendidly disorienting collection, spanning twenty years of his career and the full range of his concerns–which is to say, practically everything. Only Lawrence Weschler could reveal the connections between the twentieth century’s Yugoslav wars and the equally violent Holland in which Vermeer created his luminously serene paintings. In his profile of Roman Polanski, Weschler traces the filmmaker’s symbolic negotiations with his nightmarish childhood during the Holocaust. Here, too, are meditations on artists Ed Kienholz and David Hockney, on the author’s grandfather and daughter, and on the light and earthquakes of his native Los Angeles. Haunting, elegant, and intoxicating, Vermeer in Bosnia awakens awe and wonder at the world around us.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : International relations
ISBN : UOM:39015054054468

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Peace Research by Anonim Pdf

A monthly journal of original research on the problem of war.

Author : Susanne Buckley-Zistel
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015077148412

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Conflict Transformation and Social Change in Uganda by Susanne Buckley-Zistel Pdf

Drawing on the concept of hermeneutics the book argues that the successes and setbacks of conflict transformation in Teso can be understood through analyzing the impact of memory, identity, closure and power on social change and calls for a comprehensive effort of dealing with the past in war-torn societies.