Parceling the Globe
Philosophical Explorations in Globalization, Global Behavior, and Peace
Published on 1. January 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
270 pages
978-90-420-2447-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Publishing group
Brill
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-420-2447-2 (9789042024472)
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Content
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
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