Peace philosophy and public life : commitments, crises, and concepts for engaged thinking / edited by Greg Moses, Gail Presbey ; Susan Van Haitsma, cover photo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moses, Greg, editor.

Presbey, Gail, editor.

Van Haitsma, Susan, cover designer.

Series:

Value inquiry book series ; Volume 268.

Value Inquiry Book Series ; Volume 268

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : Rodopi, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

To a world assaulted by private interests, this book argues that peace must be a public thing. Distinguished philosophers of peace have always worked publicly for public results. Opposing nuclear proliferation, organizing communities of the disinherited, challenging violence within status quo establishments, such are the legacies of truly engaged philosophers of peace. This volume remembers those legacies, reviews the promise of critical thinking for crises today, and expands the free range of thinking needed to create more mindful and peaceful relations. With essays by committed peace philosophers, this volume shows how public engagement has been a significant feature of peace philosophers such as Camus, Sartre, Dewey, and Dorothy Day. Today we also confront historical opportunities to transform practices for immigration, police interrogation, and mental health, as we seek to sustain democracies of increasing multicultural diversity. In such cases our authors consider points of view developed by renowned thinkers such as Weil, Mouffe, Conway, and Martín-Baró. This volume also presents critical analysis of concepts for thinking about violence, reconsiders Plato’s philosophy of justice, and examines the role of ethical theory for liberation struggles such as Occupy!

Contents:

Preliminary Material

INTRODUCTION / Greg Moses

HOW PHILOSOPHERS ADVANCE PEACE IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE / William C. Gay

DOROTHY DAY’S PURSUIT OF PUBLIC PEACE THROUGH WORD AND ACTION / Gail M. Presbey

PEACE VOICE: GETTING PROFESSIONALS TO GO PUBLIC / Tom H. Hastings

ANTI-IMMIGRATION INITIATIVES AND WEIL’S THEORY OF AFFLICTION / Anna J. Brown

INTERROGATION, FALSE CONFESSIONS, AND THE INTUITIONS OF JURORS / Nick Braune

IGNACIO MARTÍN-BARÓ AND THE 99%: FROM EL SALVADOR TO OCCUPY / Adrianne Aron

PLURALISM, IDENTITY, AND VIOLENCE / Fuat Gürsözlü

VIOLENCE AS THE CONFLICTUAL DENIAL OF SOCIAL BEING: A RELATIONAL APPROACH / Richard T. Peterson

ON THE NATURE OF PUBLIC LIFE IN PLATO AND RANCIÈRE / Wendy Hamblet

RADICAL PROTEST AND DIALECTICAL ETHICS / Peter Amato

WORKS CITED

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

INDEX

VIBS.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 27, 2014).

ISBN:

94-012-1052-7

OCLC:

871243535

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401210522 DOI