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Philosophy After Hiroshima: From Power Politics to the Ethics of Nonviolence and Co-Responsibility

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY, Issue 1 2009
Article first published online: 18 FEB 200, Edward Demenchonok
Philosophers from many different countries came to Hiroshima, Japan, in the summer of 2007 to discuss the problems of war and peace on the occasion of the Seventh World Congress of the International Society for Universal Dialogue (ISUD). The theme was After Hiroshima: Collective Memory, Philosophical Reflection and World Peace. The essays included in this volume were originally presented at that conference and reflect some of the aspects of these discussions. In the first three parts of this introductory essay, I will address ideas conveyed by discussions during the Hiroshima conference regarding an open history, as well as various aspects of violence-prone globalization and its challenges to ethics and to peace. Then, within this context, the fourth part of this introduction will provide a brief review of some of the main themes arising out of the conference and elaborated in the essays of the volume. [source]

The Korean War and tourism: legacy of the war on the development of the tourism industry in South Korea

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TOURISM RESEARCH, Issue 3 2006
Young-Sook Lee
Abstract Although the development of tourism has been dominantly viewed and conceptualised in relation to the economic development of a region or a nation, some studies have argued that tourism fosters world peace. This argument, however, is not without some doubt for at the opposite end of the spectrum is that tourism might have a possible relationship with ,war'; the focus of this paper. This study, using qualitative research methods, traces the causes of the Korean War and its subsequent impacts upon the development of the tourism industry in South Korea. Findings indicate that the war had a significant impact upon the notion of tourism as a ,good' industry for society, which would bring benefits in the post-conflict era. Further, it created some ideas in society that purely consumptive travel is ,unpatriotic' and people should think about the interests of the nation when they travel. This paper concludes with a suggestion that future research should look into the ways in which tourism and tourists have developed where ,accumulation of capitalism' and changes in legislative moves, such as ,paid holidays' were not the initiating elements for a country's tourism development. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]

7.,Relevant Hellenic Factors Favoring Effective Dialogue and Peaceful Coexistence

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY, Issue 1 2009
Article first published online: 18 FEB 200, Leonidas Bargeliotes
The paper presents and analyzes the war/peace issue in the Hellenic tradition and its relevance to the contemporary world. It is focused on some of the Hellenic factors that were successfully used in antiquity to overcome conflicts and war and to achieve a harmoniously existing world. The factors that can be used as paradigmatic cases are the conceptions of divine kosmos and of polis; effective dialogue; the education of rulers and of citizens so as to be able to govern themselves and use their power in order to preserve civilization for posterity and to sustain their values, to oppose stasis and to embrace homonoia, to overcome conflicts and to preserve peace in more than two hundred city-states. In addition, I argue that the long and rich Hellenic experience is relevant to our epoch in the sense that it is universally known for its anti-polemic policy and its peace movements. Conceptions such as kosmos and organismic polis, the practice of laws and of homonoia, or friendship, can contribute to the solution of our local and world problems and the prevention of contemporary violence, terrorism, and wars. They can be used by future generations as a model of how to prevent the repetition of another holocaust, of any extermination of human beings by human beings (Dachau), or of any war tragedies (bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki). They show, above all, how humanity can achieve a lasting world peace. [source]

War; bystanding and hate , why category errors are dangerous

PSYCHOTHERAPY AND POLITICS INTERNATIONAL, Issue 2 2003
Petruska ClarksonArticle first published online: 13 FEB 200
Abstract This paper is a psycho-philosophical analysis of major facts and psychological theories about war, bystanding and hate identifying how logical category errors can lead to dangerous consequences for world peace, ethics and schoolist warfare, and in the bedrooms of millions of people , perhaps even your own , on the principle of inner-outer equivalence. Copyright © 2003 Whurr Publishers Ltd [source]

From Missionary to Ministerial Adviser: Constance Duncan and Australia-Japan Relations 1922-1947

AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY, Issue 1 2008
Hilary Summy
The contribution of A. Constance Duncan (1896-1970) to Australia-Japan relations has been overlooked in mainstream historiography. This article examines her role in the development of these relations from 1922 to 1947. She was one of the few women to be accepted into the elite inner-circle of intellectuals influencing Australian foreign policy during this period. In 1922 she embarked on a career in Japan as a missionary, or "foreign secretary", for the Young Women's Christian Association. She returned to Australia in 1933 and took up a position with the Bureau of Social and International Affairs. Her familiarity with Japanese culture and society, together with an abiding interest in promoting world peace, led naturally to her participation in the world of international relations at a time of heightened interest in the Asia-Pacific region and Japan in particular. She was part of an intellectual movement that considered an educated Australian public to be of paramount importance in future Australia-Japan relations and international relations generally. This article traces her activities and examines her influence in the educational field and on Australian foreign policy-making. [source]