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The Glorious Art of Peace : From the Iliad to Iraq.
Human progress and prosperity depend on a peaceful environment, and most people have always sought to live in peace, yet our perception of the past is dominated too often by a narrative that is obsessed with war. In this ground breaking study, former Guardian journalist John Gittings demolishes the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Contents; List of Plates; Introduction; 1. The Perception of Peace and War; The language of peace and war; The statistics of peace and war; The benefits of peace and war; The anthropology of peace and war; Minoan peace? A case study; 2. Ancient Peace: From Homer to the Warring States; Peace and war in the Iliad; Peace and war in the Chinese classics; Peace and war in the city-states; Peace and war in the Warring States; 3. The Morality of Peace: From Jesus to the Crusades; Pacifism in the early Christian Church; St Augustine and Just War; Peace and war in the Middle Ages.
- Pax dei and the popular voiceOpposition to the Crusades; 4. The Humanist Approach: Erasmus and Shakespeare; Erasmus: the peace pioneer; Juan Luis Vives; Erasmus and Machiavelli; Shakespeare on peace and war; Two problem plays; 5. The Growth of Peace Consciousness: From the Enlightenment to The Hague; Peace and the Enlightenment; The birth of the peace societies; The humanitarian impulse; The Hague Conference and beyond; 6. Alternatives to War: The League of Nations and Non-violence; High hopes for the League; The World Disarmament Conference; The Peace Ballot; The 'failure' of the League.
- The non-violent alternative7. The Misappropriation of Peace: From the UN to the Cold War; The founding of the UN; Peace as propaganda; Missed opportunities; Obstacles to understanding; 8. Giving Peace a Chance: From the Cold War to Iraq; The peace movement revival; Banning the bomb; The 1990s: the missing peace dividend; The 'failure' of the UN; Towards the Iraq War; Conclusion: Peace in the Twenty-First Century; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.