Western European Perspectives on Peace and Reconciliation

This chapter discusses historical and philosophical perspectives on the Western European history of peace and reconciliation and reports data from six Western European countries, France, Germany, Iceland, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden. Starting with a positive definition of peace, in the first part, w...

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Main Authors: Fischer, Eric, König, Julia, Stone, Ariel, Major, Gina, Salmberg, Mathilde, Machado, Carla, Omarsdottir, Silja Bara, Corgan, Michael, Barbosa, Mariana, Leembruggen-Kallberg, Elizabeth, Roland-Levy, Christine
Other Authors: Swinburne University of Technology
Format: Book Part
Language:unknown
Published: Springer New York 2013
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Iceland
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/465042
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5933-0_33
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Summary:This chapter discusses historical and philosophical perspectives on the Western European history of peace and reconciliation and reports data from six Western European countries, France, Germany, Iceland, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden. Starting with a positive definition of peace, in the first part, we give a short history from the Peace of Westphalia (1648) to current events. Probably because of the devastating consequences of the many armed conflicts that have been fought on European soil, ideas and programs aiming to promote peace and prevent wars have also been developed from an early period. It can be shown that much of current UN and EU legislation is influenced by European thinking about war and its prevention during the time span covered in this chapter.The second part of this chapter is concerned with the answers Western Europeans from six countries gave in the GIPGAP questionnaire.

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