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EBOOK Glorious Art of Peace:From the Iliad to Iraq

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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780191611698
EAN: B72DC38CEB
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Stron: 320
Data wydania: 2012
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Human progress and prosperity depend on a peaceful environment, and most people        have always sought to live in peace, yet our perception of the past is dominated too        often by a narrative that is obsessed with war. In this ground breaking study,        former Guardian journalist John Gittings demolishes the myth that peace is dull and        that war is in our genes, and opens an alternative window on history to show the        strength of the case for peace which has been argued from ancient        timesonwards.Beginning with a new analysis of the treatment of peace in Homer's        Iliad, he explores the powerful arguments against war made by classical Chinese and        Greek thinkers, and by the early Christians. Gittings urges us to pay more attention        to Erasmus on the Art of Peace, and less to Machiavelli on the Art of War. The        significant shift in Shakespeare's later plays towards a more peace-oriented view is        also explored.Gittings traces the growth of the international movement for peace        from the Enlightenment to the present day, and assesses the inspirational role of        Tolstoy and Gandhi in advocating non-violence. Bringing the story into the twentieth        century, he shows how the League of Nations in spite of its "e;failure"e; led to high        hopes for a stronger United Nations, but that real chances for peace were missed in        the early years of the cold war.And today, as we approach the centenary of the First        World War, Gittings argues that, instead of being obsessed by a new war on terror,        we should be focusing our energies on seeking peaceful solutions to the challenges        of nuclear proliferation, conflict and extremism, poverty and inequality, and        climate change.

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