PEACEST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Structural Violence, African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–1968), Sociobiology
1 Sep 2016
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Check avenue to learn for more information regarding this assignment. No readings but you need to find a topic for your peace profile. Try to pick a topic that you can contain (for example if you choose a peace movement, example: american civil rights movement is a large topic. Try instead to pick a specific individual involved in this movement and how they influenced the movement in terms of peace/conflict resolution) Outline can be found in the content section on avenue to learn (or news section) Conflict: why do people, groups and states fight? (particularly violent conflict) Conflict is a very significant aspect of peace: There are many different theories about how natural/necessary/beneficial violent conflict is (or is not). Experiencing difference is not a regressive movement of peace, violent conflict is. To what extent can violent" conflict be justified as natural, necessary or beneficial? (review galtung"s triangle of violence): structural violence, direct violence, and cultural violence.
