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.
• Other title: Preliminary material /; Preface: THE NATURE OF PEACE AND THE PEACE OF NATURE /; INTRODUCTION: VIOLENCE AND NONVIOLENCE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT /; RETURN TO EARTH: A NEW NATURAL PHILOSOPHY? /; REFLECTIONS ON VIOLENCE /; ON WAR AND THE ENVIRONMENT: A PROPOSED REVISION IN THE ETHICS OF RESTRAIN /; NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF MILITARISM ON THE ENVIRONMENT /; A PHENOMENOLOGICAL INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF HUMAN DWELLING /; MORAL EXTENSIONISM AND NONVIOLENCE: AN ESSENTIAL RELATION? /; ANTHROPOCENTRISM, CONSERVATISM, AND GREEN POLITICAL THOUGHT /; GUERRILLA GARDENING AS NONVIOLENT PRAXIS: EXISTENTIALIST ETHICS IN FOOD DESERTS /; SLOW VIOLENCE AND THE ESCHATOLOGICAL CRISIS OF AGRICULTURE /; RESOLVING SOCIO-POLITICAL CONFLICT IN AFRICA /; SEQUOYAH AND SEATTLE: CHIEF WORLD SYSTEMS /; THE BELOVED COMMUNITY: A NEO-ARISTOTELIAN PERSPECTIVE /; ABOUT THE AUTHORS /; INDEX /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004299599
• Hierarchical level: Monograph

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.