Parceling the Globe

Philosophical Explorations in Globalization, Global Behavior, and Peace
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-90-420-2447-2
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 194, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 426 g

Reihe: Value Inquiry Book Series / Philosophy of Peace

Parceling the Globe is a study in the processes of global democracy. It offers an early answer to the question regarding our responsibility to others. Through its organization, it presents a partial understanding of the globalization process. It determines the range of global behaviors and articulates the prospects for peace in a globalizing environment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Poe, Danielle

Souffrant, Eddy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

William C. GAY: Editorial Foreword
Acknowledgements
Danielle POE and Eddy SOUFFRANT: Introduction: Parceling the Globe
Part One: Taming the Beast
Locating Global Movements
William C. GAY: Understanding and Assessing Globalization: The Role of Global Studies
Nathan C. FUNK and Meena SHARIFY-FUNK: Western-Islamic Hermeneutics as a Dialogical Imperative
Robert Paul CHURCHILL: Globalization and Terror
Humanizing Globalization
Tracey NICHOLLS: Making It Up As We Go Along
Ronald J. GLOSSOP: Educating for Peace
John BRYANT: A Guided Conversation on Global Ethics
Part Two: Global Behaviors
Terrorism and Security
Joseph C. KUNKEL: Neoliberal Freedom as Oppression for The Salvadorans of Third World
Richard PETERSON: Racism and the Politics of the War Against Terrorism
Alienation
Judith PRESLER: Weil on Power, Oppression, and Global Capitalism
Lori KELEHER: Is Sen’s Approach to Development Bad for Women?
Part Three: Frameworks for Peace
Structures
Rob GILDERT: Toward the Globalization of Restorative Justice
Danielle POE: Limitless Ethics and Levinas’s Concept of Justice
Andrew FITZ-GIBBON: Spiritual Practice as a Foundation for Peacemaking
Liberalism and Responsibility
David T. RITCHIE: Modern Constitutionalism and International Violence
Charles CRITTENDEN: Liberal Political Theory, Social Movements, and Globalization
Eddy SOUFFRANT: Peace, Corporate Responsibility, and Governance
About the Contributors
Index