Grand Design for Peace and Reconciliation

Edited by Yoichiro Murakami, Graduate School Professor and Othmer Distinguished Professor of Science, International Christian University, Japan and Thomas J. Schoenbaum, Harold S. Shefelman Professor of Law, University of Washington, US

• Contents:PrefacePART I: WHAT KIND OF GRAND THEORY?1. The Birth of Arts: An Example of Functional Tolerance in SocietyYoichiro Murakami2. Is Grand Theory Possible Today? Shin Chiba3. In Search of a Grand Theory Against the Current of SkepticismRyuichi Yamaoka4. After Grand Theory: Musings on Dialogue, Diversity, and World FormationLester Edwin J. RuizPART II: TOWARD THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GRAND THEORY OF PEACE5. Horizons of a Grand Theory of PeaceRichard Falk6. Peace Studies and Peace Politics: Multicultural Common Security in North–South Conflict SituationsKinhide Mushakoji7. Toward a Grand Theory of Negative and Positive Peace: Peace, Security, and ConvivialityJohan GaltungPART III: A GRAND DESIGN FOR ACHIEVING KYOSEI IN EAST ASIA8. Mapping the Sorrows of WarPhilip West 9. Foreign Policy Strategies for Japan: A Non-Japanese PerspectiveThomas J. Schoenbaum10. Toward a Theology of Reconciliation: Forgiveness from the Perspective of Comparative ReligionAnri Morimoto11. For Realizing Wa and Kyosei in East AsiaShin ChibaIndex

i>'This is a serious, theory-laden research book that is suitable for scholars of peace studies, East Asian history, international politics, and political philosophy as well as graduate students of political science, international relations, and political theory.'