A friend of mine chronicled the Peace Movement in Colombia. (I believe that this movement has been nominated for a Nobel Peace prize twice.) The book that she wrote for UNICEF is called "Out of War", published by Scholastic this year. It's got a lot of first hand accounts of the children's perspective on violence. Her website is http://www.westnet.com/~scameron/page2.html. No pscyhology. But I think that it could be great material for such a class.
Best, Faith Faith Florer, Ph.D., Asst. Professor Psychology, Marymount Manhattan College At 3:08 PM -0500 12/6/01, John W. Kulig wrote: >"Hatcher, Joe" wrote: > >> Hello Tips Friends and Colleagues, >> I'm excited about a course I'm teaching next semester call Topics in >> Peace Studies, which will be a first year honors seminar. I'm planning on >> introducing Peace Studies, then having us do readings on Prejudice, >> Globalization, and Religion, connecting all of these to issues of conflict >> at levels ranging from global to local. >> I'm gathering readings at this point, and would be interested in any >> of your favorite readings that may involve any of these. For those of you >> not familiar with Peace Studies, this is the study of the conditions that >> lead to war and peace at all levels, and is a nifty addition to many >> psychological courses. If you don't have a reading, but would like to hear >> some ideas about how to add Peace Studies elements to your Psychology >> course, let me know that as well, and I'll be glad to try to help. >> > > Evolutionary Psychology. Take a peek at Buus' chapter on aggression and >warfare (Ch 10) in his _Evolutionary Psychology_. (Allyn & Bacon). It will >have >lots of references. I hope the course fights the misperception that warfare is >an abberation imposed on us by external forces. > If you can find it, get Tooby, J. & Cosmides, L. (1998) _The evolution of >war and its cognitive foundations_ (Technical Report for the Institute for >Evolutionary Studies) (I haven't seen it printed in another form, nor have I >read it - but I know it stresses the coopertion between people needed to >engage >in warfare). If you want a historical/mythical approach (at the risk of >offending somebody) take a peek at the Old Testament: war, murder, hate - it's >all there (not to mention polygamy, treachery, lust). The basic and >fundamental >story of mankind cannot be written without it. Good luck! > >-- >--------------------------------------------------------------- >John W. Kulig [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Department of Psychology http://oz.plymouth.edu/~kulig >Plymouth State College tel: (603) 535-2468 >Plymouth NH USA 03264 fax: (603) 535-2412 >--------------------------------------------------------------- >"What a man often sees he does not wonder at, although he knows >not why it happens; if something occurs which he has not seen before, >he thinks it is a marvel" - Cicero. > > > >--- >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 914-738-1147 fax: 914-738-1078 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
