A cultural history of peace in the modern age / edited by Ronald Edsforth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edsforth, Ronald, 1948- editor.

Series:

Cultural histories series.

Cultural histories series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace--History--20th century.

Peace.

Peace movements--History--20th century.

Peace movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022.

System Details:

text file

HTML

Summary:

"A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charting the evolving nature and role of peace throughout history. This volume, A Cultural History of Peace in the Modern Age, explores peace in the period from 1920 to the present. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Peace set, this volume presents essays on the meaning of peace, peace movements, maintaining peace, peace in relation to gender, religion and war and representations of peace. A Cultural History of Peace in the Modern Age is the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on peace in the twentieth and twentieth century"--Abstract

Contents:

Cover page

Halftitle page

Series page

Title page

Copyright page

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE

Introduction

I. A LONG VIEW OF WAR AND PEACE IN THE MODERN ERA

II. NUCLEAR FEAR

III. WAR AVERSION

IV. THE CULTURAL CONSEQUENCES OF MODERN WARFARE

V. GLOBAL PEACE CULTURE

CHAPTER ONE Definitions of Peace

INTRODUCTION

THE MEANINGS OF PEACE

PEACE AND RECONCILIATION

PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT

STRUCTURAL AND CULTURAL VIOLENCE

A WORLD OF PEACES

SOME AFRICAN DEFINITIONS OF PEACE

SOME ASIAN DEFINITIONS OF PEACE

A LATIN AMERICAN DEFINITION OF PEACE

SOME RUSSIAN DEFINITIONS OF PEACE

SOME NORTH AMERICAN AND WESTERN EUROPEAN DEFINITIONS OF PEACE

PEACE TALK, PEACE MAKING, AND PEACE MOVEMENTS

WHAT IS, AND WHAT MIGHT BE, PEACE?

THE "EVOLUTION" OF PEACE

A DIALECTICAL DEFINITION OF PEACE

IS PEACE POSSIBLE?

CHAPTER TWO Human Nature, Peace, and War

THE HUMAN NATURE CONCEPT

THE CLASSIC WESTERN VIEW OF HUMAN NATURE: NASTY AND BRUTISH

A MODERN SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDINGOF HUMAN NATURE

EVALUATING THE EVIDENCE: HUMAN NATURE IS NOT SO NASTY AFTER ALL

PARADIGM SHIFT: CHANGING THE HUMAN NATURE NARRATIVE

CHAPTER THREE Peace, War, and Gender

GENDERING PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT: THE CONCEPTS

GENDERED WARS

PEACE MOVEMENTS, PEACEBUILDING, AND WOMEN

GENDERED PEACEBUILDING

THE GENDERED POSTWAR PEACE

CONCLUSION

CHAPTER FOUR Peace, Pacifism, and Religion

JUST WAR TRADITIONS

NONVIOLENCE

PEACE BUILDING

SOCIAL JUSTICE

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURES

HUMAN RIGHTS

INTERFAITH DIALOGUE

CHAPTER FIVE Representations of Peace

I. REPRESENTATIONS OF PEACE IN "THE GLOBAL COMMONS"

II. THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

III. WAR JOURNALISM

IV. PEACE JOURNALISM

V. CONCLUSION

CHAPTER SIX Peace Movements.

PEACE MOVEMENTS, MILITARISM, AND CONFLICT

TENSIONS BETWEEN PEACE AND JUSTICE

PEACE MOVEMENTS DURING THE COLD WAR

PEACE AND HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION IN THE POST-COLD WAR ERA

THE ROLE OF PEACE MOVEMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL CULTURE

CHAPTER SEVEN Peace, Security, and Deterrence

THE IMPACT OF WORLD WAR I

INTERNATIONAL WAR SINCE WORLD WAR I

INTERNATIONAL WAR AND PEACE SINCE WORLD WAR II

CIVIL WAR AND TERRORISM

THE CONSEQUENCES OF A CULTURE OF PEACE

CHAPTER EIGHT Peace as Integration

PEACE AS MORAL FORCE: THE POWER OF IDEAS AGAINST THE DESTRUCTION OF WAR

INTEGRATING INSTITUTIONS AND IDEAS FOR PEACE: OBSTACLES AND ALTERNATIVES

INTEGRATING INSTITUTIONS, PEOPLE AND PRACTICE: BUILDING LASTING PEACE

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-224) and index.

ISBN:

9781474206969

1474206964

9781350179851

135017985X

9781350179844

1350179841

OCLC:

1312166329