Lives Amid Violence

Author : Mareike Schomerus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780755640874

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Lives Amid Violence by Mareike Schomerus Pdf

Violent conflict and its aftermath are pressing problems, particularly for international development initiatives. However, the results of development in conflict contexts have generally been disappointing and their preventative potential thus questionable. Available Open Access, Lives Amid Violence argues that this is because practitioners adhere to a mental model that emphasises linearity, certainty, and causality, assuming that violence is best addressed through work plans that deliver state-building, stabilisation and services. Based on ten years of multi-method research from, in, and on conflict-affected countries, this book challenges this approach. Drawing on a significant collaborative body of scholarship, this work puts forward original and generalizable conclusions about how lives amid violence persist, offering an invitation to abandon restricting mental models and to embrace creative ways of thinking and working. These include paying attention to the long-term effects of conflict on individual behaviour and decision-making, the social realities of economic life, the role service delivery plays in negotiations between citizens and states, and to creating meaningful relationships. Transformation also requires reflection and therefore the book concludes with constructive suggestions on how to practice these insights to better support those whose lives are shaped by violence. More details are available at www.transformingdevelopment.org The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.

Author : Steven Lynn Taylor
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 1555536980

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Voting Amid Violence by Steven Lynn Taylor Pdf

Timely lessons from Colombia on the coexistence of civil democracy and political violence in the context of international affairs and institutional reform

Author : Michael Root,James J. Buckley
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498237222

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Life Amid the Principalities by Michael Root,James J. Buckley Pdf

"We are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness" (Eph 6:12). So Paul warns his Ephesian readers. And yet Paul also says that these principalities and powers were created in and for Christ (Col 1:16) and cannot separate us from the love of God (Rom 8:38). What are the principalities and powers of our time? How do we understand them as created, fallen, and disarmed? How does the Christian today engage these powers? These are the questions speakers and participants addressed at the 2014 Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology.

Author : Walter Brueggemann
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606080894

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Divine Presence amid Violence by Walter Brueggemann Pdf

To pursue the matter of revelation in context, I will address an exceedingly difficult text in the Old Testament, Joshua 11. The reason for taking up this text is to deal with the often asked and troublesome question: What shall we do with all the violence and bloody war that is done in the Old Testament in the name of Yahweh? The question reflects a sense that these texts of violence are at least an embarrassment, are morally repulsive, and are theologically problematic in the Bible, not because they are violent, but because this is violence either in the name of or at the hand of Yahweh. -from chapter 2

Author : Mareike Schomerus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108485920

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The Lord's Resistance Army by Mareike Schomerus Pdf

Based on interviews with the notorious armed rebel group, the LRA, this study explores why efforts at contemporary peacemaking so often fail.

Author : Jeremy Arnold
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438466774

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State Violence and Moral Horror by Jeremy Arnold Pdf

Explores the concept of “moral horror” as the experience of living amidst unjustifiable state violence. Can state violence ever be morally justified? In State Violence and Moral Horror, Jeremy Arnold critically engages a wide variety of arguments, both canonical and contemporary, arguing that there can be no justification. Drawing on the concept of singularity found in the work of French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, Arnold demonstrates that any attempt to justify state violence will itself be violent and, therefore, must fail as a justification. On the basis of this argument, the book explores the concept of “moral horror” as the experience of living amidst and acquiescing to unjustifiable state violence. The careful explanation of arguments from across the spectrum of political theory and exceptionally clear prose will enable both advanced undergraduates and more general readers interested in political thought to understand and engage the central argument. State Violence and Moral Horror is a unique contribution to the growing literature on violence and will be of interest to political theorists and philosophers in both the analytic and continental traditions, philosophers of law, international relations theorists, law and society scholars, and social scientists interested in normative aspects of state violence.

Author : Jonathan Phillips
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300249064

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The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin by Jonathan Phillips Pdf

An engaging biography that offers a new perspective on one of the most influential figures of the Crusades In 1187, Saladin marched triumphantly into Jerusalem, ending decades of struggle against the Christians and reclaiming the holy city for Islam. Four years later he fought off the armies of the Third Crusade, which were commanded by Europe’s leading monarchs. A fierce warrior and savvy diplomat, Saladin’s unparalleled courtesy, justice, generosity, and mercy were revered by both his fellow Muslims and his Christian rivals such as Richard the Lionheart. Combining thorough research with vivid storytelling, Jonathan Phillips offers a fresh and captivating look at the triumphs, failures, and contradictions of one of the Crusades’ most unique figures. Bringing the vibrant world of the twelfth century to life, this book also explores Saladin’s complicated legacy, examining the ways Saladin has been invoked in the modern age by Arab and Muslim leaders ranging from Nasser in Egypt, Asad in Syria, and Saddam Hussein in Iraq to Osama bin Laden, as well as his huge appeal across popular culture in books, drama, and music.

Author : Ralf Emmers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351914352

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Non-Traditional Security in Asia by Ralf Emmers Pdf

The security issues confronting Asia are both complex and diverse. Given the increasing trend towards an expanding security agenda beyond the military dimension of inter-state relations, this volume provides an extensive study of emerging non-traditional challenges to this region. New realities and new challenges have come to the fore including environmental degradation, illegal immigration, infectious diseases, transnational crime, poverty and underdevelopment. Drawing upon the concepts of securitization and de-securitization, this book brings together regional perspectives from across Asia to examine how these challenges are perceived and managed. It is a valuable contribution to both security and Asian studies and will be ideally suited to those interested in security studies, international relations and development studies.

Author : Joseph R. Urgo,Merrill Maguire Skaggs
Publisher : Associated University Presse
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0838641571

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Violence, the Arts, and Willa Cather by Joseph R. Urgo,Merrill Maguire Skaggs Pdf

Willa Cather was devoted to making art in the face of violence. Here, she emerges as a resource for survival in an age of terror, an artist who encourages her readers to feel at home in the nexus of creativity and terror, and to seek creative responses to the horror of human life.

Author : Charles Shergold
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590905630

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Trees of the Lord; Or, Emblems of Christian Life by Charles Shergold Pdf

Author : Yasmeen Arif
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452953069

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Life, Emergent by Yasmeen Arif Pdf

How does an inquiry into life as it lives (or dies) amid mass violence look like from the perspective of the “social”? Taking us from Sierra Leone to India to Lebanon, Life, Emergent challenges conventional understandings of biopolitics, weaving a politics of life through the lens of life, not death. Arguing that the “letting die” element of biopolitics has been overemphasized, Yasmeen Arif zeros in on biopolitics’ other pole: “making live.” She does so by highlighting the various means and the forms of life configured in the aftermath—or afterlives—of violent events in contexts of law, justice, community, and identity. Her analysis of the social repercussions is both global and local in scope. Arif examines the convictions made in the Special Court of Sierra Leone, the first hybrid court of its nature under international criminal law. Next, she explores the making of a justice movement in the context of Hindu–Muslim violence in 2002 in the state of Gujarat, India. From there she revisits the Sikh carnage in Delhi of 1984. Finally, she explores a span of civil violence in Lebanon, and particularly, its effects on the city of Beirut. This rigorously argued book brings together the various strands of life and the social that each chapter has disentangled—and in doing so it begins to frame a politics of, and in, life.

Author : James Ciment
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 2394 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317451518

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World Terrorism: An Encyclopedia of Political Violence from Ancient Times to the Post-9/11 Era by James Ciment Pdf

First Published in 2015. This collection holds three volumes. Terrorism is a term that defies easy definition and its meaning has also changed over the course of history. Because this encyclopedia aims at comprehensiveness —across time, geography, and the conceptual landscape —it applies the broadest definition of terrorism: the use of violence or the threat of violence to effect political change through fear, in which the victims of the violence. The encyclopedia is divided into six parts.

Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 12153 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547688365

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James Fenimore Cooper: 30 Novels in One Volume - Western Classics, Adventure Novels & Sea Tales by James Fenimore Cooper Pdf

This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of Contents: Leatherstocking Tales: The Deerslayer The Last of the Mohicans The Pathfinder The Pioneers The Prairie The Littlepage Manuscripts: Satanstoe The Chainbearer The Redskins The Adventures of Miles Wallingford: Afloat and Ashore Miles Wallingford Other Novels: Precaution The Spy The Pilot The Red Rover The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish The Water-Witch The Bravo The Headsman The Monikins Homeward Bound Home as Found Mercedes of Castile The Two Admirals The Wing-and-Wing Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief Wyandotté The Crater Jack Tier The Oak Openings The Sea Lions James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. Before embarking on his career as a writer, Cooper served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman, which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. The novel that launched his career was The Spy, a tale about counterespionage set during the Revolutionary War. He also wrote numerous sea stories, and his best-known works are five historical novels of the frontier period known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

Author : Oscar Martinez
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781784781712

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A History of Violence by Oscar Martinez Pdf

“A necessary read.” —Los Angeles Review of Books “A chilling portrait of corruption, unimaginable brutality and impunity.” —Financial Times This revelatory and heartbreaking immersion into the lives of people enduring extreme violence in Central America is a powerful call for immigration policy reform in the United States El Salvador and Honduras have had the highest homicide rates in the world over the past ten years, with Guatemala close behind. Every day more than 1,000 people—men, women, and children—flee these three countries for North America. Óscar Martínez, author of The Beast, named one of the best books of the year by the Economist, Mother Jones, and the Financial Times, fleshes out these stark figures with true stories, producing a jarringly beautiful and immersive account of life in deadly locations. Martínez travels to Nicaraguan fishing towns, southern Mexican brothels where Central American women are trafficked, isolated Guatemalan jungle villages, and crime-ridden Salvadoran slums. With his precise and empathetic reporting, he explores the underbelly of these troubled places. He goes undercover to drink with narcos, accompanies police patrols, rides in trafficking boats and hides out with a gang informer. The result is an unforgettable portrait of a region of fear and a subtle analysis of the North American roots and reach of the crisis, helping to explain why this history of violence should matter to all of us.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : UCLA:L0081632143

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Revue Canadienne de Recherche en Sciences Infirmières by Anonim Pdf