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The moral imagination : the art and soul of building peace / John Paul Lederach.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: xvi, 200 p. : ill.; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780199747580
  • 019974758X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification:
  • 303.6/6
LOC classification:
  • JZ 5538 L473m 2010
Contents:
Contents; 1. On Stating the Problem and Thesis; 2. On Touching the Moral Imagination: Four Stories; 3. On This Moment: Turning Points; 4. On Simplicity and Complexity: Finding the Essence of Peacebuilding; 5. On Peace Accords: Image of a Line in Time; 6. On the Gift of Pessimism: Insights from the Geographies of Violence; 7. On Aesthetics: The Art of Social Change; 8. On Space: Life in the Web; 9. On Mass and Movement: The Theory of the Critical Yeast; 10. On Web Watching: Finding the Soul of Place; 11. On Serendipity: The Gift of Accidental Sagacity; 12. On Time: The Past That Lies before Us
13. On Pied Pipers: Imagination and Creativity14. On Vocation: The Mystery of Risk; 15. On Conclusions: The Imperative of the Moral Imagination; Epilogue: A Conversation; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Awards:
  • Winner of Author John Paul Lederach has been awarded the 36th Niwano Peace Prize by the Niwano Peace Foundation.
Summary: John Paul Lederach's has provided consultation and direct mediation in a range of situations from the Miskito/Sandinista conflict in Nicaragua to Somalia, Northern Ireland, the Basque Country, and the Philippines. Peacebuilding, in his view, is both a learned skill and an art.
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Originally published: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-192) and index.

Contents; 1. On Stating the Problem and Thesis; 2. On Touching the Moral Imagination: Four Stories; 3. On This Moment: Turning Points; 4. On Simplicity and Complexity: Finding the Essence of Peacebuilding; 5. On Peace Accords: Image of a Line in Time; 6. On the Gift of Pessimism: Insights from the Geographies of Violence; 7. On Aesthetics: The Art of Social Change; 8. On Space: Life in the Web; 9. On Mass and Movement: The Theory of the Critical Yeast; 10. On Web Watching: Finding the Soul of Place; 11. On Serendipity: The Gift of Accidental Sagacity; 12. On Time: The Past That Lies before Us

13. On Pied Pipers: Imagination and Creativity14. On Vocation: The Mystery of Risk; 15. On Conclusions: The Imperative of the Moral Imagination; Epilogue: A Conversation; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

John Paul Lederach's has provided consultation and direct mediation in a range of situations from the Miskito/Sandinista conflict in Nicaragua to Somalia, Northern Ireland, the Basque Country, and the Philippines. Peacebuilding, in his view, is both a learned skill and an art.

English

Winner of Author John Paul Lederach has been awarded the 36th Niwano Peace Prize by the Niwano Peace Foundation.

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