Understanding Peace Holistically

Scherto Gill (PhD) is Senior Fellow at the Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace and Visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex. Her publications cover a range of topics, including education, dialogue, and peace.Garrett Thomson (PhD) is CEO and Research Director of the Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace. He is also Compton Professor of Philosophy at the College of Wooster. He is the author, co-author, or co-editor of 21 books.

• Preface – Introduction – Understanding Peace – Peacefulness as a Spiritual State – Peacefulness in Relationships – Toward Deep Dialogue – Peace With the Past – Peace in Communities – Peace With Nature – Peace and War – Peacefulness in Global Political Systems – Peacefulness in an Economy – Education as Peace – Index.

“This unusual book takes as its starting point what ought to be a platitude—though writers in peace studies often proceed as though it were not true—namely, that peace studies are concerned with peace. With this as their focus, the authors develop a conception of peace as something that is of value in its own right, not merely as a means to other ends. This is a refreshing and invigorating study of a topic of utmost political significance.”—Adrian Moore, Professor of Philosophy at St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford