Category: CPP Newsletter Online
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Email to Mother by Rachel Corrie
Posted in the Newsletter of the Concerned Philosophers for Peace, Vol. 26 (Spring – Summer 2006) (February 28, 2003) Thanks, Mom, for your response to my email. It really helps me to get word from you, and from other people who care about me. After I wrote to you I went incommunicado from the affinity…
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Philosophy of Peace Series Update by William Gay
Gay, Willilam, “Philosophy of Peace: Report from the Editor of the Special Series in VIBS (Value Inquiry Book Series) published by Rodopi,” Newsletter of the Concerned Philosophers for Peace Vol. 26 (Spring-Summer 2006) Books under Contract: Justice and Justification: The Relation between Justice and Peace, eds. Andrew Kelley and Deborah Peterson (presently being formatted under…
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New Computer Game: A Force More Powerful
Posted in Newsletter of the Concerned Philosophers for Peace Vol. 26 (Spring – Summer 2006) Can a computer game teach how to fight real-world adversaries—dictators, military occupiers and corrupt rulers, using methods that have succeeded in actual conflicts—not with laser rays or AK47s, but with non-military strategies and nonviolent weapons? Such a game, “A Force…
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The Acorn: Journal of the Gandhi-King Society
Newsletter of the Concerned Philosophers for Peace Vol. 26 (Spring – Summer 2006) The Acorn: Journal of the Gandhi-King Society, is a biannual publication devoted to the examination of the theory and practice of nonviolence, especially as it relates to the philosophies of Gandhi and King. The Acorn was founded by Ha Poong Kim. Currently…
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Journal for the Study of Peace and Conflict (Wisconsin Institute)
Posted in the Newsletter of the Concerned Philosophers for Peace Vol. 26 (Spring – Summer 2006) The Journal for the Study of Peace and Conflict, the journal of the Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (ISSN 1095-1962) publishes a variety of scholarly articles, essays, and poetry on topics such as war, peace, global cooperation,…
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Barry Gan is president elect of CPP
Presbey, Gail. “CPP News,” Newsletter of the Concerned Philosophers for Peace Vol. 26 (Spring-Summer 2006) Concerned Philosophers for Peace (CPP) had our annual conference in November 20005 at California State University, Chico, where member Ron Hirschbein was our host. The conference went very well. I would like to report the highlights of our Executive and…
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When My Congressman Came to Visit by Danielle Poe
Poe, Danielle (Univ. of Dayton). “When My Congressman Came to Visit: Reflections on a Collapse.” CPP Newsletter Vol. 24, No. 1 (Spring-Summer 2004). My credentials as a thoughtful, articulate, and intelligent person are impeccable. From the time I was a part of the speech and debate team in high school to becoming a professional philosopher…
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Hedges and Gilligan Reviewed by Duane Cady
Cady, Duane (Hamline Univ., MN). “America at War: A Review of Chris Hedges; War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning; New York: Public Affairs, 2002; and James Gilligan; Violence: Reflections on a National Epidemic; New York: Vintage Books, 1996.” CPP Newsletter Vol. 24, No. 1 (Spring-Summer 2004). Chris Hedges, long time war correspondent for…
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Santoni’s Sartre on Violence by Ruth Lucier
Lucier, Ruth (Bennett College, NC) “Violence of Ambiguity: A Review of Ronald E. Santoni; Sartre on Violence: Curiously Ambivalent”; The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2003. CPP Newsletter Vol. 24, No. 1 (Spring-Summer 2004). Today, those who are concerned to promote peace are bombarded with paradoxical views of violence. One and the same act may be…
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CPP News by Gail Presbey (2004)
Presbey, Gail (Univ. of Detroit-Mercy). “CPP News” CPP Newsletter Vol. 24, No. 1 (Spring-Summer 2004). Since the 2003 annual conference, CPP has been active, presenting panels at the Eastern, Pacific, and Central Divisions of the APA. I could not attend them all, but will report briefly on those I did attend. Our CPP panel at…