Peace, Culture, and Violence

Peace, Culture, and Violence
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 294
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ISBN-10 : 9789004361911
ISBN-13 : 900436191X
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Book Synopsis Peace, Culture, and Violence by : Fuat Gursozlu

Download or read book Peace, Culture, and Violence written by Fuat Gursozlu and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peace, Culture, and Violence examines deeper sources of violence by providing a critical reflection on the forms of violence that permeate everyday life and our inability to recognize these forms of violence. Exploring the elements of culture that legitimize and normalize violence, the essays collected in this volume invite us to recognize and critically approach the violent aspects of reality we live in and encourage us to envision peaceful alternatives. Including chapters written by important scholars in the fields of Peace Studies and Social and Political Philosophy, the volume represents an endeavour to seek peace in a world deeply marred by violence. Topics include: thug culture, language, hegemony, police violence, war on drugs, war, terrorism, gender, anti-Semitism, and other topics. Contributors are: Amin Asfari, Edward Demenchonok, Andrew Fiala, William Gay, Fuat Gursozlu, Joshua M. Hall , Ron Hirschbein, Todd Jones, Sanjay Lal, Alessandro Rovati, Laleye Solomon Akinyemi, David Speetzen, and Lloyd Steffen.


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