War or peaceful transformation : multidisciplinary and international perspectives / Marek J. Celinski and Kathryn M. Gow, editors.
2020
JZ5538 .W37 2020
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Title
War or peaceful transformation : multidisciplinary and international perspectives / Marek J. Celinski and Kathryn M. Gow, editors.
ISBN
9781536165951 electronic book
1536165956 electronic book
9781536165944 hardcover
1536165956 electronic book
9781536165944 hardcover
Published
New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2020]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 626 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Call Number
JZ5538 .W37 2020
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1139034169
Summary
"Concern for humanity's future has never been more urgent than now - in the present time - when humanity has achieved the level of capability of destroying itself either through environmental disasters or nuclear wars. On the other hand, we have also achieved material and psychological knowledge and progress that can assist us in understanding not only the causation, but also the potential embedded in human nature, to choose either the path to self-destruction or to sustained peace. In this book, we present both the ubiquitous causes of violent discontent and wars and successful attempts to reduce or resolve conflict. Our authors from five continents represent historic, military, philosophical, socio-political, and psychological perspectives and address some of the important issues which any peace-oriented initiative or society at large must contend with. These refer to access to natural resources, ethnicity, religion, human rights, political systems (whether democratic or autocratic), differences in political and military strength and WMDs, and aspirations of the leaders - in combination with the ubiquitous need for control through domination, historic traditions (such as glorification of war effort as heroism and as a sacrifice in the name of lofty ideas). We offer a vision of a humanistic approach to promote peaceful problem solving that needs to be propagated by education, media, political programs and diplomacy in order to lead to peaceful transformations. The role of the military is given special attention. The novelty of our approach is that we address the typical life situations leading to social unrest and wars within the context of the human mind's capabilities to deal with life challenges. Our Challenge-Resilience-Resourcefulness-Wisdom model (previously published by NOVA) shows how we can study and analyse human errors, regressive tendencies and limitations in order to reframe them as an inspiration for optimal and wise decisions. Based on our authors' insights, we provide many descriptions of how to deal with social adversity in different locations of the world and also examples of actual successes and failures of peaceful transformations. These chapters provide important knowledge and tools for a wide range of professionals"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Human nature and its potential for war and peace / Marek J. Celinski, Andrzej R. Celinski and Kathryn M. Gow
War, peace, and conflict resolution in the classical world / Jaime A. González-Ocaña
Ethnic identity, resources, control and supremacy : a brief history of early South African conflicts / Jacques J. Gouws
Jihad : peaceful definitions and applications / Norman C. Rothman
Fear and loathing : tribalism in the age of the Internet / Dipak K. Gupta
The war on drugs : a struggle for the human soul / Andrzej R. Celinski
Eritrea : a failed state and victim of sellout diplomacy / Tseggai Isaac
Shattered hopes : the disintegration of South Africa's peaceful transition / Jacques J. Gouws
Colombia in trauma : a conflict and post-conflict scenario / Saúl M. Rodríguez and Fabio Sánchez
The Central European experience of war and peace : the nonviolent Czech case / Martina Klicperova-Baker
The European Union : a case study in peace / Stephen T. Satkiewicz
Mutual assured destruction as a strategy for peace / João José Brandão Ferreira
Conflict resolution and peace building : cultural barriers and facilitators / Harsheeta Razora
Resolution of international and civil war conflicts by diplomatic and military means / Harkirat Singh
Ideological and policy alternatives to the resolution of Africa's perpetual crisis : is there a worthy policy or ideological alternative? / Tseggai Isaac
Coping with violence and adversity : general typology and concrete illustrations on Czech case / Martina Klicperova-Baker
Orientations toward achievable world peace / Frank J. Lucatelli and Nancy Ann Hayes
Building peace in times of conflict : examining military psychology through Gandhi's lens / Swati Mukherjee
Consciousness : the bridge between war and peace / Sandeep Gupta and Anand Shankar
Polemology : the pursuit for lasting peace / Jacques J. Gouws
Virtue as a basis for non-violence and creative maladjustment : humanistic and positive psychological solutions to war and violence / Brent Dean Robbins
An integrated quantum field theory of cosmos, consciousness and algorithmic intelligence to promote peace / Ernest Lawrence Rossi and Kathryn Lane Rossi
Education for peace and conflict resolution / Diana Vladimirovna Prokofyeva
Is peace achievable? / Marek J. Celinski, Andrzej R. Celinski and Kathryn M. Gow.
War, peace, and conflict resolution in the classical world / Jaime A. González-Ocaña
Ethnic identity, resources, control and supremacy : a brief history of early South African conflicts / Jacques J. Gouws
Jihad : peaceful definitions and applications / Norman C. Rothman
Fear and loathing : tribalism in the age of the Internet / Dipak K. Gupta
The war on drugs : a struggle for the human soul / Andrzej R. Celinski
Eritrea : a failed state and victim of sellout diplomacy / Tseggai Isaac
Shattered hopes : the disintegration of South Africa's peaceful transition / Jacques J. Gouws
Colombia in trauma : a conflict and post-conflict scenario / Saúl M. Rodríguez and Fabio Sánchez
The Central European experience of war and peace : the nonviolent Czech case / Martina Klicperova-Baker
The European Union : a case study in peace / Stephen T. Satkiewicz
Mutual assured destruction as a strategy for peace / João José Brandão Ferreira
Conflict resolution and peace building : cultural barriers and facilitators / Harsheeta Razora
Resolution of international and civil war conflicts by diplomatic and military means / Harkirat Singh
Ideological and policy alternatives to the resolution of Africa's perpetual crisis : is there a worthy policy or ideological alternative? / Tseggai Isaac
Coping with violence and adversity : general typology and concrete illustrations on Czech case / Martina Klicperova-Baker
Orientations toward achievable world peace / Frank J. Lucatelli and Nancy Ann Hayes
Building peace in times of conflict : examining military psychology through Gandhi's lens / Swati Mukherjee
Consciousness : the bridge between war and peace / Sandeep Gupta and Anand Shankar
Polemology : the pursuit for lasting peace / Jacques J. Gouws
Virtue as a basis for non-violence and creative maladjustment : humanistic and positive psychological solutions to war and violence / Brent Dean Robbins
An integrated quantum field theory of cosmos, consciousness and algorithmic intelligence to promote peace / Ernest Lawrence Rossi and Kathryn Lane Rossi
Education for peace and conflict resolution / Diana Vladimirovna Prokofyeva
Is peace achievable? / Marek J. Celinski, Andrzej R. Celinski and Kathryn M. Gow.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 28, 2023).
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Terrorism, hot spots and conflict-related issues.
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Print version: War or peaceful transformation Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, 2020.
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