Pax Pacifica: Terrorism, the Pacific Hemisphere, Globalisation and Peace Studies (Critical Peace Studies: Peace by Peaceful Means (Transcend))
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Johan Galtung (Author)
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Johan Galtung is the world's foremost thinker in peace studies. This remarkable collection of essays represents his response to the events of September 11 2001. It is a philosophical collection on terror, war and peace which engages with the key issues and obstacles we face in attempting to create peace around the world. Focusing in particular on the Pacific region, he presents a grounded assessment of the history of the regional power dynamics, and present prospects for peace.
Topics covered include the hegemony of the USA; the European perspective; the US relationship with Japan and Asia; decolonization; and peace movements in the age of globalization.
About the Author
Johan Galtung is a Norwegian sociologist, mathematician and the founder of the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo in 1959. He is the author of a number of books including Pax Pacifica (Pluto, 2005), Searching for Peace (Pluto, 2000) and Transcend and Transform (Pluto, 2004). He is the holder of the Right Livelihood Award 1987 and the Norwegian Humanist Prize 1988.
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- Contributor: Johan Galtung
- Imprint: Pluto Press
- ISBN13: 9780745320021
- Number of Pages: 192
- Packaged Dimensions: 135x215mm
- Packaged Weight: 230
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Pluto Press
- Release Date: 2005-02-20
- Series: Critical Peace Studies: Peace by Peaceful Means (Transcend)
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Johan Galtung is a Norwegian sociologist, mathematician and the founder of the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo in 1959. He is the author of a number of books including Pax Pacifica (Pluto, 2005), Searching for Peace (Pluto, 2000) and Transcend and Transform (Pluto, 2004). He is the holder of the Right Livelihood Award 1987 and the Norwegian Humanist Prize 1988.
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