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This introductory textbook in the field of peace psychology addresses the psychological causes of violence and nonviolence, conflict resolution, nonviolent struggle, and the confluence of public policy and private lifestyles. Through this diverse literaturespanning psychology, political science, religious studies, anthropology, and sociologypeace psychologist. It also seeks to study and develop viable methods of promoting peace. Reviews methodological and measurement issues in nonviolence research, and suggests areas for future study. Nonviolence and peace psychology ebook por daniel mayton. Section i direct violence wagner chapter 1 intimate violence abrahams. The peace psychology book series recognizes that the emerging and multifaceted problems of human security challenge us as scholars and activists to develop psychologicallyinformed theory that will deepen our understanding of the major threats to human security, and create practices that will help us address some of the most urgent and. Recommendations are made for the use of these assessments as outcome measures in future nonviolence and peace psychology research, as well as. Daniel mayton nonviolence and peace psychology world of. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Nonviolence and peace psychology assembles multiple perspectives to create a more comprehensive and nuanced understanding of. Nonviolence and peace psychology ebook by daniel mayton.
The first pillar, research, is documented most extensively in this article. He is professor of psychology, and a former chair of his department, at the university of rhode island. Charles collyer, a native of hamilton, canada, received his doctorate in psychology from princeton university in 1976. The intellectual legacy of morton deutsch peace psychology book series. Wagner bates college deborah du nann winter whitman college table of contents introduction to peace psychology 1 daniel j. Peace psychology is a subfield of psychology and peace research that deals with the. Recent events worldwide have increased public interest in nonviolence, pacifism, and peace psychology. Robin valeri, professor of psychology and codirector of the nonviolence program at st. Recent trends and events worldwide have increased public interest in nonviolence, pacifism, and peace psychology as well as professional. The book explores a wide survey of theories and examples, spanning ideas in cognition, motivation and behaviour that will provide students with an engaging entry point to the subject. Mayton lewisclark state college presents the foundations of peace psychology in this release in the peace psychology book series.
Nonviolence and peace psychology peace psychology book series. Applications of gandhian concepts in psychology and allied disciplines. Although non violence is not a well researched topic in psychology, kool. Further, two unexplored research issues having a bearing on clinical psychology and psychiatry have been. Psychology of peace and violence program department of. Toward a theory of the psychology of nonviolence, v. Psychological obstacles to peace, michael wessells. In this chapter, i introduce a novel conception of pacifism. Hulsizer, webster university 2004 overview this document contains an annotated bibliography of materials on war, ethnopolitical conflict, terrorism, and peace issues written from a psychosocial perspective. Applications of gandhian concepts in psychology and allied. The study of peace and nonviolence is interdisciplinary and its literature is found within many subject headings organized by the library of congress. The psychology of peace and violence program umass amherst.
Topol summit brings together nonviolence scholars, practitioners and students. This book reports scientific evidence often based on experiments performed in accordance with the rules of experiments as the subject matter permits. Peace psychology book open access table of contents foreword m. Nonviolence and peace psychology peace psychology book series ebook. Despite our advances in technology and education, we still live in a world permeated by violence. Kevin borgeson, assistant professor of criminal justice at salem state university, salem, massachusetts, gave the keynote address oct. He was a cofounder of the center of nonviolence and peace studies at uri. Analyzes a centurys worth of nonviolent social action, from the pathbreaking work of gandhi and king to the courage to refuse movement within the israeli armed forces.
Intrapersonal, interpersonal, societal, and world peace. This conception arises out of considering two key insights drawn from cheyney ryans work, specifically his characterization of the pacifist impulse as a felt rejection of killing and his analysis of contemporary western attitudes to war and methods of fighting, as reflecting a condition of alienated war. Psychologys fundamental search for understanding human behavior, motivation, and meaning has generated research on a variety of topics that inform our understandings of violence and nonviolence. To illustrate the application of gandhian ideology, a test of non violence is described here with its psychometric properties. As an undergraduate student, i found this book to be very easy to read and informative. Peace, conflict, and violence peace psychology for the 21st century daniel j. Nonviolence and peace psychology daniel mayton auth. Nonviolence by charles e collyer, ira g zepp, paperback. Peace psychology can be characterized by four interconnected pillars. Social defence is nonviolent community resistance as an alternative to military defence. Through this diverse literaturespanning psychology, political science, religious studies, anthropology, and sociologypeace psychologist dan mayton gives readers the opportunity to view nonviolence as a body of principles, a system of pragmatics, and a strategy for social change. Nov 27, 2007 kool draws on recent research to illustrate that whilst the control of violence is a reaction to aggression, nonviolence is, by contrast, an active behaviour.
Several well known scholars present social and psychological perspectives on nonviolence. This is a guide to selected sources of information related to peace and nonviolence studies. Brings sociohistorical and crosscultural context to peace psychology. Barak addresses violence in an interdisciplinary way, addressing history, psychology, biology, cultural studies, and sociology. Through this diverse literaturespanning psychology, political science, religious studies, anthropology, and sociology peace psychologist. Now global in scope, the focal concerns of peace psychologists are nuanced by geo. These books are in the reference section of the library and contain helpful information about the different concepts pertaining to the. In this timely, highly original, and controversial narrative, new york times bestselling author mark kurlansky discusses nonviolence as a distinct entity, a course. Peace psychology is a subfield of psychology and peace research that deals with the psychological aspects of peace, conflict, violence, and war. Rahamimoff travel grant for young scientists of the usisrael binational science foundation bsf.
More of a text than anything, this book serves as a good introduction to the various forms and roots of nonviolent philosophies. Peace psychology resource project clark university. In order to provide a framework for the book peace, con. Bernhard leidner and gilad hirschberger, brooke burrows, a pbs graduate student in the psychology of peace and violence program, was recently awarded a prof. Recent trends and events worldwide have increased public interest in nonviolence, pacifism, and peace psychology as well as professional interest across the social sciences. Crash course world history 228 april 1, 2020 by crash course leave a comment in which john green teaches you about nonviolence and peace movements in the 20th century.
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Nonviolence and peace psychologyfor other titles published in this series, go to. Being vegan is your statement that you reject violence to other sentient beings, to yourself, and to the environment, on which all sentient beings depend. Although more attention is traditionally devoted to violence and aggression within the social sciences, nonviolence and peace psychology reveals a robust knowledge base and a framework for peacebuilding work, granting peace psychologists, activists, and mediators new possibilities for the transformative power of nonviolence. This introductory textbook in the field of peace psychology addresses the psychological causes of violence and nonviolence, conflict resolution, nonviolent. Nov, 2011 the encyclopedia of peace psychology is a stateoftheart resource featuring almost 300 entries contributed by leading international scholars that examine the psychological dimensions of peace and conflict studies. The encyclopedia of peace psychology is a stateoftheart resource featuring almost 300 entries contributed by leading international scholars that examine the psychological dimensions of peace and conflict studies first reference work to focus exclusively on psychological analyses and perspectives on peace and conflict. Different peace psychological strategies for nonviolent conflict resolution are discussed conflict. Nobel peace laureates of african descent by adekeye adebajo, in peace and freedom. Early peace psychologists viewed human nature in terms of drives and impulses that are innate and shaped by the environment with aggression having. Publications on peace, war and nonviolence by brian martin. This important volume assembles multiple perspectives to create a comprehensive and nuanced. Nonviolence and peace psychology peace psychology book. First reference work to focus exclusively on psychological analyses and perspectives on peace and conflict. This important volume assembles multiple perspectives to create a comprehensive and nuanced read more.
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