Peace and Democratic Society
Recent acts of terrorism and the pro-democracy unrest in the Middle East remind us how important it is to understand the relationship between violence, peace and democracy. In a challenging and insightful essay, Amartya Sen explores ideas around organised violence (war, genocide and terrorism) and v...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Cambridge :
Open Book Publishers
2012.
Marseille : OpenEdition |
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| Accès en ligne: | Ressource accessible en libre accès Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM ; Accès complet au document dans sa version HTML. Pas d'accès aux autres formats (PDF, Epub). |
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Description d'après la consultation, 2016-02-23 Titre provenant de la page de titre du document électronique La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 155 pages OpenEdition Books (freemium) |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Peace and Democratic Society, Texte imprimé, Cambridge, Open Book Publishers, 2011 |
| Résumé: | Recent acts of terrorism and the pro-democracy unrest in the Middle East remind us how important it is to understand the relationship between violence, peace and democracy. In a challenging and insightful essay, Amartya Sen explores ideas around organised violence (war, genocide and terrorism) and violence against the individual. Highlighting the inadequacies of some of the widely accepted explanations for violence including the idea that the world is experiencing a clash of civilisations Sen makes a plea for a global, multilateral debate on the causes of conflict, and an understanding of the multiple identities of the individuals involved. The introductory essay draws on the findings of the Commonwealth Commission on Respect and Understanding, which was established to promote mutual communication and understanding among all faiths and communities in the Commonwealth. Its timely report, Civil Paths to Peace , suggests that governments, media and educators indeed, everyone must take the time to understand the complexities around violent behaviour and its causes, without prejudging what these might be. The report is now made freely available to readers around the world by Open Book Publishers in conjunction with the Commonwealth Secretariat |
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| Description: | Description d'après la consultation, 2016-02-23 Titre provenant de la page de titre du document électronique La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 155 pages OpenEdition Books (freemium) |
| Format: | Navigateur Web |
| Bibliographie: | Bibliogr. Index |
| ISBN: | 9781906924416 |
| Accès: | L'accès complet au document est ouvert à tous dans sa version HTML. L'accès aux autres formats (PDF, Epub) est réservé aux usagers des établissements qui en ont fait l'acquisition |