Passion for Peace: Exercising Power Creatively

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UNSW Press, 2003 - Philosophy - 304 pages
In a dark and pessimistic time, A Passion for Peace is a timely and uplifting work. Written in an engaging and optimistic style, combining poetry and prose, this book is both practical and philosophical, showing how a creative use of power can contribute to peace with justice in any context or country.

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Contents

Time is Running Out Oodgeroo Noonuccal 103
8
List of poems quoted
9
Acknowledgments
16
Chapter 1
25
Making a Start with Ourselves
33
Making Peace Denise Levertov
37
Instead of an Afterword Anna Akhmatova
49
Boris Pasternak Anna Akhmatova
80
Barking at the Thunder Les Murray
110
Blessed is the Man Marianne Moore
125
Bread of the People Bertolt Brecht
132
Peace Conference Stuart Rees
151
Chapter 6
159
Human Rights
186
Chapter 8
213
Select Bibliography 291
222

The Seasons Have Changed Dag Hammarskjöld
92
Hoping for Magic Ekaterina Shevelyova
99
Two Dreamtimes Judith Wright
103
Redefining Sovereignty
258
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