International Journal on World Peace articles from March 2001

International Journal on World Peace archives from March 2001

DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS.
March 1, 2001... Hans van der Giessen The reality of globalization has in large part been brought about by technological advances whose consequences at the time of their introduction were not or could not be foreseen. These have in turn "anachronized" a...

DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS: POSSIBILITIES AFTER HUNTINGTON.
March 1, 2001... Secularization of Western society was aided by the introduction of liberalism through the "Peace of Augsburg" (1555) and the "Treaty of Westphalia" (1648). The conference of sovereignty upon the state in secular matters resolved for the next...

DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS: WHAT FOR?
March 1, 2001... Western civilization has been driven by the ideal of the creation of a global community embracing the notion of a world constituted by equal and free men. The distorted form this ideal has taken today is called globalization, an order...

THE VIRTUE OF SUSTAINED DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS.
March 1, 2001... This article argues that dialogues take place between people rather than civilizations. The proposition that sovereign nation-states should be the primary actors to initiate a dialogue among civilizations has been undermined by globalization....

POST-POSTMODERN SCIENCE AND RELIGION.
March 1, 2001... This article examines the modal concepts of science. Plato and Aristotle argue for a distinction between opinion which can be in error and necessary truth, which in Aristotle produces an identity between names (essences) and things. Necessary...

POST-POSTMODERN SCIENCE AND RELIGION: A CRITIQUE.
March 1, 2001... The author, who has extensively studied Aristotle, commends Morton A. Kaplan's efforts to seek philosophical accord between science and religion in the contemporary world. However, he believes that Professor Kaplan confuses Aristotle's...

DISEASE.(Hoof and Mouth disease)(Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Hoof and Mouth disease, a malady benign to humans but capable of wreaking havoc on livestock, is ravaging the United Kingdom and has spread to Ireland, France, and the Netherlands. Other continental European nations are keeping a close eye on...

ETHNIC STRIFE.(Indonesia)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Samuel Huntington's predicted 'clash of civilizations' continues to reverberate through Indonesia, that most ethnically divided of countries. In Borneo, or more accurately Kalimantan, a government sponsored program that has encouraged migration...

THE INTIFADA.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... A national unity government, the major constituents of which are the Likud and Labor parties, has been sworn in under the leadership of Ariel Sharon of the Likud party. Prime Minister Sharon campaigned on a platform that proposed taking a hard...

CHINA-US RELATIONS.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... On April 1, during what the US described as a routine surveillance flight through international air space, a Chinese fighter jet and the American EP3E Aries II surveillance plane collided with one another, causing serious damage to the American...

A PUBLIC PEACE PROCESS: SUSTAINED DIALOGUE TO TRANSFORM RACIAL AND ETHNIC CONFLICTS.(Review)
March 1, 2001... Harold H. Saunders New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999 328 pages, cloth, $45.00 It is not that we should simply seek new ways and better ways of managing society, the economy, and the world. The point is that we should...

RELIGION AND AMERICAN POLITICS: THE 2000 ELECTION IN CONTEXT.(Review)
March 1, 2001... Mark Silk, Editor Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life, 2000 86 pages, paper, no price indicated Amidst political analysis driven by headlines and sound-bytes, Religion and American Politics: The 2000 Election in Context...