Toward a Theory of Peace

The Role of Moral Beliefs

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

AvRandall Caroline Watson Forsberg,Matthew Evangelista,Neta C. Crawford

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Military analyst, peace activist, teacher, and social theorist Randall Caroline Watson Forsberg (1943–2007) founded the Nuclear Freeze campaign and the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies. In Toward a Theory of Peace, completed in 1997 and published for the first time here, she delves into a vast literature in psychology, anthropology, archeology, sociology, and history to examine the ways in which changing moral beliefs came to stigmatize forms of "socially sanctioned violence" such as human sacrifice, cannibalism, and slavery, eventually rendering them unacceptable. Could the same process work for war?Edited and with an introduction by political scientists Matthew Evangelista (Cornell University) and Neta C. Crawford (Boston University), both of whom worked with Forsberg.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2019-12-15
Mått152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor270
FörlagCornell University Press
ISBN9781501744358

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As revealed by this remarkable book, the text of which comes from her 1997 doctoral dissertation, Forsberg was also a thoughtful theorist of peace studies and political change...Her thesis is a dazzling intellectual tour de force with a sobering conclusion: moral revolutions take many lifetimes to unfold, requiring centuries of dedication and struggle.- G. John Ikenberry, Princeton University (Foreign Affairs)