Lorenzo Milani's Culture of Peace

Researchers, activists, and educators draw inspiration from the radical thought of Lorenzo Milani to invite readers to explore the intricacies, logistics, ethics and pedagogy of conflict and peace as played out in a number of domains, including religion, education, gender, sexuality, democracy, art, sociology and philosophy.

"This is a book with a cornucopia of theoretical, theological and philosophical positions that will definitely satisfy the classicist and the intellectually minded. The book honors a practitioner of dialogue, negotiation, and conflict resolution, but at the same time uses some of the different experiences in which Milani was involved to move in the direction of a cosmopolitan social movement for international peace." - Carlos Alberto Torres, Director, Paulo Freire Institute and Associate Dean for Global Programs, University of California-Los Angeles, USA; President, World Council of Comparative Education Societies

Autorentext
Michael Attridge, University of Toronto, Canada. Carmel Borg, University of Malta, Malta Isabelle Calleja Ragonesi, University of Malta, Malta. Antonia Darder, Loyola Marymount University, USA. Mark Debono, University of Malta, Malta. Darren Dias, University of Toronto, Canada. Ivone Gebara, Theological Institute of Recife, Brazil. Mario Gerada, Drachma, Malta Michael Grech, University of Malta, Malta Nathalie Grima, University of Malta, Malta. Duncan Mercieca, University of Malta, Malta. Clayton Mercieca, Drachma, Malta Francois Mifsud, University of Toronto, Canada. Marianna Papastefanou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus. J.P. Portelli, University of Toronto, Canada. Gregory M. Reichberg, Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway. Yigal Rosen, Pearson Research Institute, USA. Nicos Trimikliniotis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus Peter Van Den Dungen, University of Nottingham, UK. Diane Xuereb, The Netherlands Brian Wicker, University of Birmingham, UK. Clive Zammit, University of Malta, Malta.

Inhalt
Preface Introduction PART I: PEACE AND RELIGION THEN AND NOW 1. The Catholic, Italian and Tuscan Ecclesiastical Contexts of Don Milani's 'Letter to the Military Chaplains'; Carmel Borg and Michael Grech 2. Peace and the Religions in a Changing World: From Consensus to Difference; Darren J. Dias 3. Vatican II's Teaching on Peace and War: A Contribution to Conciliar Hermeneutics; Michael Attridge 4. The Church as a Sacrament of the Future; Brian Wicker PART II: PEACE, MEMORY AND EDUCATION 5. The History of World Peace in 100 Objects: Visualizing Peace in a Peace Museum; Peter Van Den Dungen 6. Responding to the call of Peace: In Memory of a Future that Might Have Been; Clive Zammit 7. Peace Education in a Culture of War; Antonia Darder 8. On Education, Negotiation and Peace; Marianna Papastephanou 9. From Conflict to Conflict Resolution: Teaching the History of Cyprus in the Buffer Zone; Isabelle Calleja Ragonesi 10. Beyond Reality Dissonance: Improving Sustainability of Peace EducationEffects; Yigal Rosen 11. Because 'I Care': From an Encounter to a Political Option; Francois Mifsud PART III: PEACE, DEMOCRACY, SEXUALITY, GENDER AND AESTHETICS 12. Peace Education and Critical Democracy: Some Challenges in Neoliberal Times; John P. Portelli 13. Does Democracy Promote Peace? A Rancière Reading of Politics and Democracy; Duncan P. Mercieca 14. Peace and Sexuality Two Reflections; Mario Gerada, Clayton Mercieca and Diane Xuereb 15. On Art and Politics: Exploring the Philosophical Implications of the Creative Order of Art on the Organization of Social Relations; Mark Debono 16. Can We Learn from Comparing Violent Conflicts and Reconciliation Processes? For a Sociology of Conflict and Reconciliation Going Beyond Sociology; Nicos Trimikliniotis 17. The 'Modern' Muslim Woman in the Arab Peoples' Revolution of Freedom and Dignity; Nathalie Grima Epilogue