Peace by Peaceful Means: Peace and Conflict, Development and Civilization (Google eBook)

Johan Galtung

SAGE, Apr 28, 1996 - Political Science - 280 pages

Johan Galtung, one of the founders of modern peace studies, provides a wide-ranging panorama of the ideas, theories and assumptions on which the study of peace is based.

The book is organized in four parts, each examining the one of the four major theoretical approaches to peace. The first part covers peace theory, exploring the epistemological assumptions of peace. In Part Two conflict theory is examined with an exploration of nonviolent and creative handling of conflict. Developmental theory is discussed in Part Three, exploring structural violence, particularly in the economic field, together with a consideration of the ways of overcoming that violence. The fourth part is devoted to civilization theory. This involves an

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did war finish all of our problems? NO...peace did.

Contents

• Visions of Peace for the 21st Century: 1
• Peace Theory: 9
• Some Basic Paradigms: 24
• Man Peace Violence?: 40
• Dictatorship Peace War?: 49
• Dissociative Associative Confederal: 60
• II Conflict Theory: 70
• Conflict LifeCycles: 81
• Conflict Transformations: 89
• Conflict Interventions: 103
• Nonviolent Conflict Transformation: 114
• Development Theory: 126
• Six Economic Schools: 139
• The Externalities: 154
• Ten Theses on Eclectic Development Theory: 177
• an Approach Across Spaces: 185
• Civilization Theory: 196
• an Impressionistic Presentation: 211
• Peace War Conflict Development: 223
• Specifications Hitlerism Stalinism Reaganism: 241
• Are There Therapies for Pathological Cosmologies?: 253
• Peace and Conflict Development and Civilization: 265
• Index: 275

About the author

Johan Galtung founded the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo in 1959 and is the author of many essays and books on peace. Currently Professor of Peace Studies at six universities, he is the holder of the Right Livelihood Award 1987 and the Norwegian Humanist Prize, 1988.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Peace by Peaceful Means: Peace and Conflict, Development and Civilization; Volume 14 of International Peace Research Institute, Oslo; Peace Research Institute, Oslo
• Author: Johan Galtung
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: SAGE, 1996
• ISBN: 0803975112, 9780803975118
• Length: 280 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / International Relations / General