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Book SynopsisThis book argues that peace must be a public thing. Philosophers of peace have long worked for public results. Opposing nuclear weapons, organizing the disinherited, challenging violence in the status quo, such are the legacies of engaged philosophers. Our authors remember these examples as we confront modern challenges such as immigration, police interrogation, or mental health.
Table of ContentsDanielle Poe: Editorial Foreword David Swanson: Guest Foreword Gail Presbey: Preface Greg Moses: Introduction Part One: Introducing Peace in Public Life William C. Gay: How Philosophers Advance Peace in the Public Sphere Gail M. Presbey: Dorothy Day’s Pursuit of Public Peace through Word and Action Tom H. Hastings: Peace Voice: Getting Peace Professionals to Go Public Part Two: Current Events and Peace Theory Anna J. Brown: Anti-Immigration Initiatives and Weil’s Theory of Affliction Nick Braune: Interrogation, False Confessions, and the Intuitions of Jurors Adrianne Aron: Ignacio Martín-Baró and the 99%: from El Salvador to Occupy Fuat Gürsözlü: Pluralism, Identity, and Violence Part Three: Peace Theory in Depth Richard T. Peterson: Violence as the Conflictual Denial of Social Being: A Relational Approach Wendy Hamblet: On the Nature of Public Life in Plato and Rancière Peter Amato: Radical Protest and Dialectical Ethics Works Cited About the Authors Index
