1st Edition
Pathways of Peace The Philosophy and Sociology of Peace and Nonviolence
By Romina Gurashi
Copyright 2019
126 Pages
by
Routledge
126 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
126 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book explores the close interconnection that exists between sociological and philosophical scholarship in relation to peace studies. Through an examination of the thought of nine leading philosophers and sociologists in their historical and geographical context, the author considers notions of nonviolent resistance, pacifism and reverse strike, as well as violence theories of conflict,... Read more
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. On Civil Disobedience and Nonviolence
2. The European Pathway to Peace
3. The Origins of Academic Peace Research
4. The Sociology of Peace Research by Johan Galtung
5. The Nonviolent Strategy of Gene Sharp
Conclusion
Index
Biography
Romina Gurashi is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy and the co-author of Historic and Sociologic Reasons for the Transformation of Abkhazia's Ethnic Conflict and From Intractability to Appeasement: A Federal perspective for the Abkhaz-Georgian Conflict.
