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Book SynopsisNoted international scholars from a range of disciplines present in this book Japanese and East Asian perspectives on the changed prospects for international peace post September 11. Because East Asia has not been preoccupied with the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, the authors' views serve as a balance to the war on terror declared in the United States.
The book begins with chapters that explore the attacks from an historical perspective, and discuss whether they were indeed watershed events that changed the world. Further chapters explore pacifism in philosophy and religion through Kant, Christianity, Islam and constitutional pacifism in postwar Japan. The concluding chapters discuss concrete ways to move toward peace in the twenty-first century.
Scholars of international studies and politics, the Middle East and religion will find this insightful book a valuable addition to their library.
Trade Review'The book is a major contribution to our understanding of peace movements and pacifism after 11 September. While most people tend to take the importance of 11 September for granted, the book challenges the general understanding of the development and implications of the events. . . In addition, the philosophical, religious and theoretical discussion enriches peace research scholarship.' -- Jian Yang, New Zealand International Review
Table of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: PEACE AND WAR AFTER SEPTEMBER 11 1. Peace Issues in the ‘Post-9/11’ World Yoshikazu Sakamoto 2. War and Peace in an Age of Terror and State Terrorism Richard Falk 3. Searching for Peace in a World of Terrorism and State Terrorism Johan Galtung 4. Diaspora, Empire, Resistance: Peace and the Subaltern as Rupture(s) and Repetition(s) Lester Edwin J. Ruiz PART II: PACIFISM, PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION 5. Kant and Anti-War Pacifism: The Political Theory of the Post-9/11 World Osamu Kitamura 6. Christian Pacifism After 9/11: A Mennonite Perspective Atsuhiro Katano 7. The Problem of Peace and World Order in an Islamic Context: The Case of Modern Japan Norio Suzuki 8. On Constitutional Pacifism in Post-War Japan: Its Theoretical Meanings Shin Chiba PART III: TOWARD PEACE DIPLOMACY, PACIFISM, AND PEACE MOVEMENTS TODAY 9. Upon What Principles Should Foreign Policy Be Based in the 21st Century? Thomas J. Schoenbaum 10. Foreign Policy Pragmatism and Peace Movement Moralism: Can the Gap be Bridged – or Tertium Non Datur? Johan Galtung 11. Globalization and the 21st Century US Peace Movement T.V. Reed 12. A Peaceful Superpower: The Movement Against War in Iraq David Cortright Index
