Description
Book SynopsisConsiders the old concepts of tolerance, shalom, and wa, and the relatively new concepts of human security, decent peace, credibility, accountability, plurality, multiculturalism, and transnationalism
Trade Review"A welcome addition to the field of peace studies for its thoughtfulness, comprehensiveness, and dedication to build a more peaceful human society. I highly recommend it for the upper-level undergraduate and lower-level graduate courses on peace as well as on Japan studies."
-- Mikyoung Kim * Pacific Affairs *
"This book shows readers current issues in the field, such as recent developments in peace research and peace study, grand theory, and how the three key concepts of peace, security, and kyosei (coexistence) are interrelated."
* International House of Japan Bulletin *
Table of ContentsForeword by Johan Galtung
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. On Tolerance, Yoichiro Murakami
2. To Forgive is Human: A Theological Reflection on the Politics of Reconciliation, Anri Morimoto
3. On Perspectives of Peace: The Hebraic Idea of Shalom and Prince Shotoku’s Idea of Wa Shin Chiba
4. Decency, Equality, and Peace: A Perspective on a Peaceful Multicultural Society, Takashi Kabe
5. Globalization, Culture and the Strategic Use of the Arts for Peacebuilding, T.V. Reed
6. Impediments to Human Security: Social Categories, Privilege, and Violence, Martha Cottam
7. The Lessons of Peacebuilding for Kyosei, Otwin Marenin
8. Media Discourses of Peace: An Imperfect but Important Tool of Peace, Security, and Kyosei, Susan Dente Ross
9. Establishing Credibility under Globalization: The Role of Higher Education in Promoting Peace, Security, and Kyosei, Kano Yamamoto
10. Can Grand Theories of the State Help Us Envision a Grand Theory of Peace?, Gregory Hooks
11. “Remembering Is Not an Innocent Act”: Reflections on Postwar German War Memory and Peace Studies, Raymond C. Sun
12. To Transnationalize War Memory for Peace and Kyosei: Reconciliation of Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima, Noriko Kawamura
Bibliography
Contributors
Index
