The Foundations of Peace and Conflict Studies, the rise of the global world order and its consequences
Part 1: The History of Conflicts and the Idea of Peace (7,5)
o Bauman, Zygmunt (2004). “Are there too many of them?”, excerpt from Wasted Lives: Modernity and its Outcasts
o Cortright, David (2008). “Toward Internationalism” and “Facing Facsism”, excerpts from Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas, (47 pages, e-book)
o Darwin John, (1997). “Imperialism and the Victorians: The Dynamics of Imperial Expansion”, The English Historical Review
o Engels, Frederick (1845). “The Great Towns”, excerpt from The Condition of the Working Class in England
o Gasperini, Alberto (2008). "Globalisation, Reconsiliation and the Conditions for Conserving Peace", Global Society Vol 22, No. 1, pp. 27-55
o Kaplan, Robert (February 1994). “The Coming Anarchy”, Atlantic
o Morrow, John (2005). History of Political Thought - A Thematic introduction (Palgrave Macmillan) (selected parts)
o Pratt, Mary Louise “Science, Planetary Consciousness, Interiors”, excerpt from Imperial Eyes: Travel Writing and Transculturation (1992).
o Said, Edward (1979). “Introduction to Orientalism”, excerpt from Orientalism
o Scott, James C. (1999). “Nature and Space”, excerpt from Seeing Like a State
o Timberg Craig and Halperin, Daniel (February 27, 2012). “Colonialism in Africa helped launch the HIV epidemic a century ago”, Washington Post
o Thompson E. P., (1971). “The Moral Economy of the English Crowd”, Past & Present
o de Tocqueville, Alexis (1840). “A Fortnight in the Wilderness”, Democracy in America, Appendix 2
o Vale, Lawrence J., “Early Designed Capitals: For Union, For Imperialism, For Independence”, excerpt from Architecture, Power and National Identity.
o Wallerstein, Immanuel (1974). “Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System”, Comparative Studies in Society and History
o Williams, Paul D (ed.) (2013) Security Studies, An Introduction. (Routledge) (selected parts, will also be used during term 2) (540p.)
o Önnerfors, Andreas (2012), “Cosmopolitanism”, excerpts in H Anheiner, M. Juergensmeyer and V Faesell (eds.), Encyclopedia of Global Studies (27 pages)
Part 2: The Foundations of Peace and Conflict
o Galtung, Johan, 1969, “Violence, Peace and Peace Research.” Journal of Peace Research 3:167-191 Available through the library’s “search articles” (J-Stor database)
o Kaldor, Mary (latest edition) //New and Old Wars,// Blackwell Publishers
o Shepher-Hughes, N. and P. Bourgois (ed.s), latest edition, Violence in War and Peace: An Anthology, Blackwell Publishing (selected parts)
o //Security Studies. An Introduction// (2008), Paul D. Williams (ed.) (London and New York: Routledge)
100 pages might be added.
In addition students must prepare an oral presentation based on a book (e.g. novel, collection of short stories, autobiography) or a film (e.g. documentary, fiction or the like). A list of works to choose from will be made available at the commencement of the course.
Depictions of War and the Image of the Enemy
Part 1: Media and War (7,5)
o Carruthers, Susan L. (2000) //The media at war: communication and conflict in the twentieth century// (Basingstoke: Macmillan; New York: St. Martin's Press)
o Galtung, Johan (1990). “Cultural Violence”, i //Journal of Peace Research, //Vol. 27, No. 3 (Aug., 1990), pp. 291–305
o Hoskins, Andrew & Ben O’Loughlin (2010) //War and Media //(Cambridge:// //Polity Press) (chosen parts)
o Lynch Jake and McGoldrick, Annabel, (2005), Peace Journalism (Stroud: Hawthorn Press)
o //War and the Media: Reporting Conflict 24/7// (2003) Thussu, D. K. & D. Freedman (eds.) (London: Sage) Available as an electronic copy at the library (chosen parts)
Additional literature can be added (50 pages)
Part 2: Enemy Images (7,5)
o Ahnaf, Muhammad I. (2006) //Image of the Other as Enemy// (Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books)
o Brewer, Marilynn B. (1996). “When Contact is not Enough: Social Identity and Intergroup Cooperation” International Journal of Intercultural Relations, Vol. 20, No. 3-4, pp. 291-303
o Entman, Robert M. (1993). “Framing: Toward Clarification of a Fractured Paradigm.” i //Journal of Communication//, vol. 43 No. 4, 51-58. (8 pages)
o Entman Robert M. (1994) "Representation and Reality in the Portrayal of Blacks on Network Television News” in //Journalism Quarterly//, Vol 71 pp. 509-520
o Galtung, Johan (1990). “Cultural Violence”, in //Journal of Peace Research, //Vol. 27, No. 3 (Aug., 1990), pp. 291–305
o Harle, Vilho (2000) //The Enemy with a Thousand Faces//, (Westport: Praeger) pp. 9-23
o Keen, Sam (2004). //Faces of the Enemy, Reflections of the Hostile Imagination// (3rd ed). (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco)
o Lindsey Blanton, Shannon (1996). “Images in Conflict, The Case of Ronald Reagan and El Salvador”, International Studies Quaterly, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp.23-44
o Mania, Eric W. et a. (2009). “Intergroup Contact, Implications for Peace Education” Handbook of Peace Education, New York: Psychology Press
o Murray, Shoon Kathleen and Cowden, Jonathan A. (1999). “The Role of ‘Enemy Images’ and Ideology in Elite Belief System” International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 43, pp. 455-481
o Pettigrew, Thomas F. (1998). “Intergroup Contact Theory” Annual Review of Psychology, Vol. 49. pp. 65-85
o Post, Jerrold M (1999). “The Psychopolitics of Hatred: Commentary on Ervin Staub’s Article” in //Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Journalism //5 (4), p. 34
o The SAGE Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping and Discrimination (c2010). Ed. John Dovidio (London: SAGE) (selected parts)
o Snyder, Mark; Tanke, Elizabeth Decker; Berscheid, Ellen (1977) “Social Perception and Interpersonal Behavior: On the Self-Fulfilling Nature of Social Stereotypes” in //Journal of Personality and Social Psychology// 1977, Vol. 35, No. 9, 656-666
o Steiner, Kristian (forthcoming), “//The Image of Islam and Muslims in Swedish Radical Christian Press”
o Zur, O. (1991). ”The Love of Hating: The Psychology of Enmity”, //History of European Ideas//, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 345-369
Additional literature can be added (50 pages)