Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker : major texts on politics and peace research /: major texts on politics and peace research. (2015)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker : major texts on politics and peace research /: major texts on politics and peace research. (2015)
- Main Title:
- Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker : major texts on politics and peace research
- Further Information:
- Note: Ulrich Bartosch, editor.
- Authors:
- Freiherr von, Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich, 1912-2007
- Editors:
- Bartosch, Ulrich, 1960-
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments and Sources; Contents; Part I Introduction by Ulrich Bartosch; 1 ``We Have to Eliminate the Institution of War!'' -- Introduction by the Editor to Selected Political Texts of Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker; Part II Major Texts on Politics and Peace Researchby Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker; 2 Overcoming the Institution of War; 2.1 War and Peace; 2.2 World War III is Probable. It is Necessary and Possible to Eliminate the Institution of War; 2.2.1 The Age of Limited Warfare; 2.2.2 Overcoming the Institution of War; 3 Rethinking War and Politics in the Atomic Era. 3.1 Political Consequences4 World Domestic Policy; 4.1 Conditions of Peace; 4.2 Three Theses; 4.2.1 World Peace is Necessary; 4.2.2 World Peace is not the Golden Age; 4.2.3 World Peace Demands of us Extraordinary Moral Effort; 5 Rules of International Politics; 5.1 The Cycle of World Politics; 5.2 Dangers and Opportunities in the Cycle of World Politics; 6 Insecure Peace; 6.1 Peace and Truth; 6.2 Conditions of Peace; 6.2.1 The Instability of the Technical World; 6.2.2 Feeding the World as a Task of Domestic World Policy; 6.2.3 Ethics and Truth; 6.3 Truth and Peace; 6.3.1 The Peace of Reason. 6.3.2 The Peace of Faith6.3.3 The Peace of the Future; 6.4 Making Peace Reality; 6.4.1 Peace in Outline; 6.4.2 Active Domestic World Policy; 6.4.3 The Ethics of Peace; 7 The Consequences of Atomic Warfare as Reason for Its Prevention; 7.1 Introduction; 7.1.1 Goal and Method of Analysis; 7.2 Consequences of War; 7.3Acknowledgments and Sources; Contents; Part I Introduction by Ulrich Bartosch; 1 ``We Have to Eliminate the Institution of War!'' -- Introduction by the Editor to Selected Political Texts of Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker; Part II Major Texts on Politics and Peace Researchby Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker; 2 Overcoming the Institution of War; 2.1 War and Peace; 2.2 World War III is Probable. It is Necessary and Possible to Eliminate the Institution of War; 2.2.1 The Age of Limited Warfare; 2.2.2 Overcoming the Institution of War; 3 Rethinking War and Politics in the Atomic Era. 3.1 Political Consequences4 World Domestic Policy; 4.1 Conditions of Peace; 4.2 Three Theses; 4.2.1 World Peace is Necessary; 4.2.2 World Peace is not the Golden Age; 4.2.3 World Peace Demands of us Extraordinary Moral Effort; 5 Rules of International Politics; 5.1 The Cycle of World Politics; 5.2 Dangers and Opportunities in the Cycle of World Politics; 6 Insecure Peace; 6.1 Peace and Truth; 6.2 Conditions of Peace; 6.2.1 The Instability of the Technical World; 6.2.2 Feeding the World as a Task of Domestic World Policy; 6.2.3 Ethics and Truth; 6.3 Truth and Peace; 6.3.1 The Peace of Reason. 6.3.2 The Peace of Faith6.3.3 The Peace of the Future; 6.4 Making Peace Reality; 6.4.1 Peace in Outline; 6.4.2 Active Domestic World Policy; 6.4.3 The Ethics of Peace; 7 The Consequences of Atomic Warfare as Reason for Its Prevention; 7.1 Introduction; 7.1.1 Goal and Method of Analysis; 7.2 Consequences of War; 7.3 War Prevention Through Deterrence; 7.4 Prevention of War in the Field of Politics; 8 Anthropology of Power; 8.1 On the Theory of Power; 8.2 What Is Power?; 9 The Real Presence of War Risk; 9.1 On Crisis; 9.2 Economic Crisis; 9.3 Military Crisis; 9.4 Mental Motion. 9.5 Retrospective on the Discussion9.5.1 The Concept of Crisis; 9.5.2 Crises of the Present Day; 9.5.3 Potential for Crises by Advanced Civilization; 9.5.4 Apocalyptics; 9.5.5 Perception and Grounds for the Present Crisis; 10 Theses [For a Convocation for Justice, Peace and Preservation of Creation]; 10.1 Naming the Issue; 10.2 Justice; 10.3 Peace; 10.4 Creation; 10.5 The Time Is Ripe; 11 No Limits on Active Hope; 11.1 Closing Address at the European Ecumenical Convention for Peace in Justice Basel in May 1989; 12 The Todays Tasks for Tomorrows Life; 12.1 Man and Nature. 12.2 Poverty and Wealth12.3 War and Peace; 12.4 Materialization; 12.5 What May We Hope for?; 13 Bridging into the Human Future; Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Society; Carl Friedrich von WeizsäckerFoundation; Federation of German Scientists; Udo Keller Foundation; The Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt; About the Author; About the Editor; About the Book. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Cham : Springer
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 143 pages), illustrations (some color)
- Subjects:
- 320.101
Political science
Political science -- Philosophy
Peace
Science -- Philosophy
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference
Peace
Political science -- Philosophy
Science -- Philosophy
Science -- Nuclear Physics
Particle & high-energy physics
Political Science -- General
Political science & theory
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783319133089
3319133071
9783319133072 - Related ISBNs:
- 331913308X
9783319133072 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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