The Peace of Nature and the Nature of Peace : : Essays on Ecology, Nature, Nonviolence, and Peace.

• Superior document: Philosophy of Peace
• Author: Fiala, Andrew.
• TeilnehmendeR: Fiala, Andrew, 1966-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : BRILL,, 2015.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Value Inquiry Book Series 282.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (164 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The essays collected in The Peace of Nature and the Nature of Peace consider connections between ecology, environmental ethics, nonviolence, and philosophy of peace. Edited by Andrew Fiala, this book includes essays written by important scholars in the field of peace studies, pacifism, and nonviolence, including Michael Allen Fox, Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, Bill Gay, and others. Topics include: ecological consciousness and nonviolence, environmental activism and peace activism, the environmental impact of militarism, native and indigenous peoples and peace, food ethics and nonviolence, and other topics. The book should be of interest to scholars, students, and activists who are interested in the relationship between peace movements and environmentalism.

Table of Contents

Preliminary material / Editors The Peace of Nature and the Nature of Peace -- Preface: THE NATURE OF PEACE AND THE PEACE OF NATURE / ANDREW FIALA -- INTRODUCTION: VIOLENCE AND NONVIOLENCE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT / ANDREW FIALA -- RETURN TO EARTH: A NEW NATURAL PHILOSOPHY? / ANDREW FITZ-GIBBON -- REFLECTIONS ON VIOLENCE / MICHAEL ALLEN FOX -- ON WAR AND THE ENVIRONMENT: A PROPOSED REVISION IN THE ETHICS OF RESTRAIN / LLOYD STEFFEN -- NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF MILITARISM ON THE ENVIRONMENT / WILLIAM GAY -- A PHENOMENOLOGICAL INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF HUMAN DWELLING / WENDY C. HAMBLET -- MORAL EXTENSIONISM AND NONVIOLENCE: AN ESSENTIAL RELATION? / SANJAY LAL -- ANTHROPOCENTRISM, CONSERVATISM, AND GREEN POLITICAL THOUGHT / MICHAEL HEMMINGSEN -- GUERRILLA GARDENING AS NONVIOLENT PRAXIS: EXISTENTIALIST ETHICS IN FOOD DESERTS / DAMON BORIA -- SLOW VIOLENCE AND THE ESCHATOLOGICAL CRISIS OF AGRICULTURE / JONATHAN McCONNELL -- RESOLVING SOCIO-POLITICAL CONFLICT IN AFRICA / SOLOMON AKINYEMI LALEYE -- SEQUOYAH AND SEATTLE: CHIEF WORLD SYSTEMS / DAVID BOERSEMA -- THE BELOVED COMMUNITY: A NEO-ARISTOTELIAN PERSPECTIVE / ANDREW FITZ-GIBBON -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS / Editors The Peace of Nature and the Nature of Peace -- INDEX / Editors The Peace of Nature and the Nature of Peace.