The brilliant art of peace : lectures from the Kofi Annan series / Abiodun Williams, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Williams, Abiodun, 1961- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace.

World politics--1989-.

World politics.

Physical Description:

xii, 130 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : United States Institute of Peace, 2013.

Contents:

I Literature and Music

1 The Humanities after 9/11 / Toni Morrison Morrison, Toni 9

2 The Use of Language in War and Peace / Chinua Achebe Achebe, Chinua, Paul Muldoon Muldoon, Paul 19

3 Why Music Matters? / Leon Botstein Botstein, Leon 29

II Economics and Human Rights

4 Globalization: Winners and Losers / Jagdish Bhagwati Bhagwati, Jagdish, Joseph Stiglitz Stiglitz, Joseph, Jeffrey Sachs Sachs, Jeffrey 39

5 Who Is Afraid of Human Rights? / Ali Mazrui Mazrui, Ali, William F. Schulz Schulz, William F. 47

III Identity and Religion

6 Identity in the Twenty-First Century / Amartya Sen Sen, Amartya, Kwame Anthony Appiah Appiah, Kwame Anthony 59

7 God's Word and World Politics / Desmond Tutu Tutu, Desmond 73

8 Islam and the West / Seyyed Hossein Nasr Nasr, Seyyed Hossein 81

IV Science and Technology

9 Designer Genes: The Ethics of Modern Genetics / Eric Wieschaus Wieschaus, Eric 93

10 Genetically Modified Crops for Developed Countries / Daphne Preuss Preuss, Daphne, Jennifer Thomson Thomson, Jennifer 101

V United Nations

11 Act of Creation: The Founding of the United Nations / Stephen Schlesinger Schlesinger, Stephen 111.

ISBN:

9781601271426

1601271425

OCLC:

827951857