PEACEST 1A03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: David Cortright, Sub-Saharan Africa, Peace And Conflict Studies
22 Sep 2016
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Charles p. webel asks whether peace is necessarily the absence of war? we all know. Freedom that ww11 was not a peaceful time, but what about countries that were not involved in the war. Webel talks about strong or durable, peace (ex. David cortright states that historically the case for peace was more so a religious concern rather than political. It was the 19th century when peace societies began to emerge. Gandhi"s notion of nonviolence in order to achieve social justice. Religious traditions such as hinduism, islam, christianity - all contain elements of peace. Ideology of peace was changing at that time or peacemaking practices. Patriotism - cortright states that peace advocacy is itself a form of patriotic service, not only to the nation but to the wider human community (pg 129) Democracy and its direct link to the increase in peace advocacy in recent centuries. Oliver p. richmond describes peace in terms of international relations theory:
