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Title War or peaceful transformation : multidisciplinary and international perspectives / Marek J. Celinski, Kathryn M. Gow, editors.

Publication Info. Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, 2020.

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Series Terrorism, Hot Spots and Conflict-Related Issues Ser.
Terrorism, Hot Spots and Conflict-Related Issues Ser.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Peace-building -- Case studies.
Peace-building.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Peaceful change (International relations) -- Case studies.
Peaceful change (International relations)
Conflict resolution -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Added Author Celinski, Marek J., editor.
Gow, Kathryn, editor.
Other Form: Print version: War or peaceful transformation Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, 2020. 9781536165944 (DLC) 2019048605
ISBN 1536165956
9781536165951 (electronic book)
9781536165944 (hardcover)