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Author:   Christian Philip Peterson (Ferris State University, USA) ,  William M. Knoblauch ,  Michael Loadenthal (Miami University Ohio, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   1.004kg
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9781138069138

ISBN 10:   1138069132
Pages:   478
Publication Date:   04 September 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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List of illustrations List of contributors Acknowledgments Introduction Disciplines in dispute—history, peace studies, and the pursuit of peace CHRISTIAN PHILIP PETERSON, MICHAEL LOADENTHAL, AND WILLIAM M. KNOBLAUCH PART I Paradigms of peace 1 Philosophies of peace, 1750–1865 CASEY RENTMEESTER 2 Peace in an age of modernity, 1865–1914 CHARLES F. HOWLETT AND CHRISTIAN PHILIP PETERSON 3 Liberal internationalism and the search for international peace WAQAR ZAIDI 4 Structural conflict, systemic violence, and peace: A guided reading MICHAEL LOADENTHAL PART II Icons of peace 5 Three apostles of non-violence: An introduction to the religious thinking of Tolstoy, Gandhi, and Abdul Ghaffar Khan ANNA HAMLING 6 The evolution of Tolstoyan pacifism in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, 1900–1937 IRINA GORDEEVA 7 One man’s peace: Influences on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s non-violent philosophy KEVIN E. GRIMM 8 “Sane ideas which may yet save the world from further conflict”: Bertrand Russell’s and Julian Huxley’s lecture tours in early Cold War Australia JO GRANT 9 Black Power and the anti-Vietnam War movement SIMON HALL 10 Ibrahim Rugova and his peaceful resistance for independence of Kosovo JUSUF SALIH 11 Nelson Mandela and the decolonial paradigm of peace SABELO J. NDLOVU-GATSHENI PART III Religious and cultural dimensions of peace 12 Losing my religion: The effects of World War I on pacifism in the Stone-Campbell Movement JOSHUA W. JEFFERY 13 From Father Berrigan to Black Lives Matter: Literary representations of peace activism since 1945 CAROLYN DEKKER 14 Film depictions of children as modern anti-war crusaders BENITA BLESSING 15 Apocalyptic dissenters: Seventh-day Adventists and peace activism in the nineteenth century ABEL RIOS 16 Improvisatory peace activism? Graffiti during and after Egypt’s most recent revolution ASIF MAJID PART IV Antinuclear peace activism 17 The nuclear freeze: Transnational pursuit of positive peace DARIO FAZZI 18 Pacific concerns: Nuclear weapons and the peace movement in Australia, 1960–1967 KYLE HARVEY 19 Andrei Sakharov on nuclear war and nuclear peace JAY BERGMAN 20 Scientists as peace activists, 1975–1991 PAUL RUBINSON PART V Non-violence and the nation state 21 Non-violence in Ireland’s independence PATRICK VAN INWEGEN 22 Colombia: A long journey to peace SAUL M. RODRIGUEZ 23 The anti-war movement in Lebanon, 1975–1990 MAGNUS DØLERUD 24 Israel and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict GALIA GOLAN 25 Peace process without the people: Sidelining popular struggle in Palestine MICHAEL J. CARPENTER 26 A farewell to arms? Evolving peace in the Taiwan Strait TONY TAI-TING LIU 27 Understanding violent conflict in Africa: Trends, causes, and prospects LEILA DEMAREST AND ARNIM LANGER PART VI Modern challenges: Transnational and international peace efforts 28 The International Peace Campaign, China, and transnational activism at the outset of World War II KE REN 29 The anti-Vietnam War movement: International activism and the search for world peace CHRIS DIXON AND JON PICCINI 30 Belgian peace demonstrations after the invasion of Iraq: A sociological perspective IONE CORBEEL AND PAULINE KETELAARS 31 An activist in exile: Janet Mondlane and the Mozambican liberation movement JOANNA TAGUE 32 Feminist perspectives in the implementation of UN Resolution 1325 JUDITH OLESON 33 Unincluded: How women are passed over in peace processes and how data fails to capture their efforts NATALIE W. ROMERI-LEWIS, SARAH F. BROWN, AND BENJAMIN T. WHITE 34 What is peace, how have our concepts of peace evolved, and what is a holistic vision of peace for the twenty-first century? LINDA GROFF Suggested readings Index

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Christian Philip Peterson teaches history at Ferris State University, USA. Besides writing numerous book chapters and journal articles, he has also authored two books, including Globalizing Human Rights: Private Citizens, the Soviet Union, and the West (Routledge, 2012). William M. Knoblauch is Assistant Professor of History at Finlandia University, USA. He is most recently the author of Nuclear Freeze in a Cold War: The Reagan Administration, Cultural Activism, and the End of the Arms Race (2017). Michael Loadenthal is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology and Social Justice Studies at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA, and the Executive Director of the Peace and Justice Studies Association. His latest book, The Politics of Attack (2017), explores the communiqués of clandestine anarchist networks.

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