Università Roma Tre

Il corso è insegnato in inglese. Il programma include:

1. The concept of peace; 2. Peace and historical research; 3. Antiquity: Ancient Eastern Civilizations, War and peace in the Bible, Ancient Greece, Rome. The Christian Tradition; 4. The Middle Ages: Islam, Christianity and holy war; the ‘just war’ theory; 5. The refusal of war: Christian approaches; 6. The refusal of war in the age of absolute Monarchies; 7. Enlightenment and peace projects; Rousseau; Kant; Revolutionary war and the birth of the ‘friends of peace’; 8. Conservatism, liberalism, radicalism, socialism and the peace issue; Moderates and radicals inside peace societies; 9. The age of militarism and pacifism (1870-1914); 10. The failure of peace and a new pacifism (1914-1918); 11. ‘No More Wars’ (1914-1931): Wilsonianism and the League of Nations; Gandhi and nonviolence; 12. Pacifism and Totalitarianism (1931-1945); 13. Peace and world federalism in the age of the Cold War; 14. Peace and Protest (1954-1978); 15. The Peacekeeping Years (1989-2001)

Testi obbligatori

- David Cortright, Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004).
- Michael Howard, War and the Liberal Conscience (London: Temple Smith, 1978) (or any later edition).
- Letture assegnate dal docente

Testi per non frequentanti:

• In English:
1. David Cortright, Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004).
2. Michael Howard, War and the Liberal Conscience (London: Temple Smith, 1978) (or any later edition).
3. Un testo a scelta fra quelli consigliati (la lista sarà pubblicata su Moodle)
4. Un secondo testo a scelta fra quelli consigliati (la lista sarà pubblicata su Moodle)