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Interview |
Interview über Nonkilling mit Professor Glenn D. Paige Glenn D. Paige ist der Autor von Nonkilling Global Political Science (Xlibris 2002) und Präsident des Center for Global Nonviolence in Honolulu. Frage: Ihr Buch Nonkilling Global Political Science, das bereits mehrfach auf Anis Online besprochen wurde, hat inzwischen Diskussionen und Übersetzungen in vielen Ländern der ganzen Welt angeregt, sowohl in akademischen als auch in politischen Kreisen. Können Sie uns über die letzten Entwicklungen berichten? |
Interview on Nonkilling With Professor Glenn D. Paige Glenn D. Paige is the author of Nonkilling Global Political Science (Xlibris 2002) and president of the Center for Global Nonviolence in Honolulu. Question: Your book Nonkilling Global Political Science, which was reviewed several times on Anis Online, has been object to discussion and to translation in several countries in the world by now, both in academic and in political circles. Can you tell us about the latest developments? |
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Perspektiven für Nonkilling als gesellschaftliche Norm Neuer Zweig der Politikwissenschaft jenseits der „letalen philosophischen Tradition“ von Anis Hamadeh, 19.09.03 „Die Nonkilling-Gesellschaft ist eine menschliche Gemeinschaft, von klein bis groß, von lokal bis global, die durch das Nicht-Töten von Menschen charakterisiert ist und durch die Abwesenheit von Todesdrohungen, von Waffen, die Menschen töten sollen und von Rechtfertigungen, sie zu benutzen, sowie durch die Abwesenheit von Möglichkeiten für die Gesellschaft, sich von Androhungen oder dem Benutzen von tödlicher Gewalt abhängig zu machen, um damit einen Zustand zu bewahren oder zu verändern.“ Das schreibt Professor Glenn D. Paige vom „Zentrum für globale Gewaltlosigkeit“ in Hawaii auf der ersten Seite seiner im Herbst letzten Jahres auf englisch erschienenen Studie „Nonkilling Global Political Science“ (Xlibris 2002). |
Perspectives for Nonkilling
as a Social Norm New branch of Political Science beyond the "lethal philosophical tradition" by Anis Hamadeh, September 19, 2003 "The nonkilling society is a human community, smallest to largest, local to global, characterized by no killing of humans, and no threats to kill; no weapons designed to kill humans and no justifications for using them; and no conditions of society dependent upon threat or use of killing force for maintenance or change." This writes Professor Glenn D. Paige from the Center for Global Nonviolence in Hawai'i on page one of his study "Nonkilling Global Political Science" which was published in autumn last year (Xlibris 2002). |
Interview 2 |
Kanada: Vorschlag für ein Bundes-Friedensministerium. Interview mit Dr. Bill Bhaneja, Universität von Ottawa Interviewer: Anis Hamadeh, 01.11.2005 1. Sehr geehrter Dr. Bill Bhaneja, in Ihrem „Thesenpapier des Vorschlags für ein Bundesfriedensministerium“ leiten Sie einen eigentümlichen Gedanken weiter, und zwar die Einführung eines kanadischen Bundesministeriums für Friedensangelegenheiten. Warum denken Sie, dass dies notwendig ist? |
Canada: Proposal for a Federal Department of Peace. Interview with Dr. Bill Bhaneja, University of Ottawa Interviewer: Anis Hamadeh, November 1, 2005 1. Dear Dr. Bill Bhaneja, in your paper "Towards a Proposal for a Federal Department of Peace" you are forwarding a peculiar idea, namely the introduction of a Canadian Federal Ministry for Peace matters. Why do you think this is necessary? |
Guillermo Gaviria Correa |
DAS VERMÄCHTNIS DES GEWALTLOSEN POLITISCHEN FÜHRERS GOUVERNEUR GUILLERMO GAVIRIA VON KOLUMBIEN (starb am 05. Mai 2003) Von Glenn D. Paige, 19.05.03 Die Ermordung des Bundesstaats-Gouverneurs von Antioquia Guillermo Gaviria Correa am 5. Mai 2003 und zehn weiterer Geiseln, die von den FARQ-Guerillas als Antwort auf einen militärischen Befreiungsversuch massakriert wurden, nahm Kolumbien und der Welt einen gewaltlosen politischen Führer, dessen Vermächtnis nicht weniger bdedeutungsvoll ist als der von Gandhi und Martin Luther King, Jr. |
LEGACY OF A NONVIOLENT POLITICAL LEADER: GOVERNOR GUILLERMO GAVIRIA OF COLOMBIA (died 05 May 2003) By Glenn D. Paige, May 19, 2003 The killing of Antioquia state Governor Guillermo Gaviria Correa on May 5, 2003, among ten hostages massacred by FARC guerrillas in reaction to a military rescue attempt, deprived Colombia and the world of a nonviolent political leader whose legacy is no less significant than those of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Pressemitteilung |
PRESSEMITTEILUNG (Update März 2009) Studie über die nicht tötende Gesellschaft kann die Welt verändern Nonkilling-Buch in 26 Sprachen übersetzt, im Mai auf Deutsch im HWK-Verlag Müssen Gesellschaften töten? Über diese grundsätzliche Frage von Leben und Tod gibt es kaum wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen. Die Frage schien sich nie wirklich gestellt zu haben, denn durch den Einfluss von Aristoteles und Platon über Machiavelli, Rousseau, Hobbes, Locke, Marx bis Weber sind wir eingebettet in eine „letale Tradition“. So nennt der Politologie-Professor Glenn D. Paige vom „Zentrum für globale Gewaltlosigkeit“ aus Hawaii die Grundannahme, dass staatliches und gesellschaftliches Töten in Kriegen und zu anderen Gelegenheiten normal und unvermeidlich ist. 2002 veröffentlichte er seine 200-Seiten-Studie „Nonkilling Global Political Science“, in der er ein neues Forschungsfeld absteckt, unter dem Stichwort „Nonkilling“. Geleitwort zur deutschen Ausgabe |
Principles |
Principles of Nonkilling Security Analysis Excerpt, May 2006 by Glenn D.Paige 1. Since lethal ingenuity overcomes every form of defense, the only sure security from homicide to war is to seek absence of the will to kill. Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children….This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.5 An example of what has been termed a "colossal waste" of resources is the cost of the United States nuclear weapons program alone from 1940 to 1996 of 5,821 trillion dollars.6 The pathologies of reliance upon lethality for security are well summed up in a statement by General George Lee Butler, former commander of all U.S. nuclear war-fighting forces: "Nuclear weapons are inherently dangerous, hugely expensive, militarily inefficient, and morally indefensible."7 4. Transition to nonkilling security requires recognition of causes of killing in violation of human needs and participation of all concerned in processes of problem-solving to seek their satisfaction. In a classic study, Deviance, Terrorism & War (1979)8 John Burton has argued that all violence from criminality to revolution, terrorism and war comes from the violation of universal human needs. He argues that these needs are the same for all parties in conflict, the rulers and the ruled, oppressors and the oppressed. He argues that neither coercion/punishment nor moral exhortation will suppress violence as long as participants whose needs are violated are not engaged in problem-solving processes to seek their satisfaction. Definitions of human needs vary. Burton cites nine.9 Among them are psychological, material, and physical needs for "recognition," "distributive justice," and "security." In conversation he has stressed the importance of denial of need for recognition of "identity" as a factor in political violence. Support for Burton's thesis comes from political psychiatrist Jerrold Post's conclusion that killing political terrorist will not stop terrorism: "One does not counter the vicious species of [terrorist] psychological warfare with smart bombs and missiles. One counters psychological warfare with psychological warfare."10 Further support is found in advocacy by Heifetz and Linsky of broadly "adaptive" responses versus narrowly "technical" ones to threats. They point out that the initial response of the U.S. Government to the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 was "to reduce terrorism to a technical problem of security systems, military and police operations and criminal justice," rather than as an adaptive challenge to solve problems related to the Crusade one thousand years ago.11 Similar non-technical creativity to abolish war has been advocated by General Douglas MacArthur, "We are in a new era. The old methods and solutions no longer suffice. We must have new thoughts, new ideas, new concepts….We must break out of the strait-jacket of the past."12 From this perspective, the six-party talks on denuclearization of the Korean peninsula should be approached not only as a technical problem but as an opportunity for broadly adaptive, creative, participatory problem-solving processes to meet the needs of all. 5. Transition to nonkilling common security requires research to identify and convert into socially useful forms those factors most conducive to transforming decisions by all parties concerned. Research is needed to discover nonkilling spiritual forces in all faiths and philosophies (S1), nonkilling contributions from all sciences (S2), nonkilling skills in every vocation (S3), and nonkilling cultural contributions from songs and all the arts (S4). Research is needed on institutions (I) and resources (R) that can be adapted for nonkilling change. The results of findings must be combined (S4) and communicated through the media, education, and training to empower leaders (L) and citizens (C) with knowledge to assist them in achieving nonkilling security conditions (NKSC). These factors can be summed up as: S4 X IR(LC) = NKSC. 6. Nonkilling security requires research to produce useful knowledge on the facts and causes of killing, the facts and causes of nonkilling, causes of transition from killing to nonkilling, and creative thought on conditions for completely killing-free societal and intersocietal relations. Every case of killing from homicide to war requires causal understanding, just as is needed for cure of any disease. The reasons why people do not kill also must be understood. Furthermore knowledge is needed for every case in which individuals, groups, organizations, and governments renounce killing from individual actions to public policies. Why have 86 governments completely abolished the death penalty for all crimes?13 Finally beyond fact-based knowledge of the causes of killing, nonkilling, and transitions between them, creativity needs to be challenged to envision and evaluate conditions for completely killing-free societies. Footnotes: 1: Korea Research Center for Strategy, The Strategic Balance in Northeast Asia 2005 (Seoul: Research Institute for Strategy, 2005), pp. 49-52 (back) 2: Craig Comstock, "Avoiding Pathologies of Defense," in Nevitt Sanford and Craig Comstock, eds., Sanctions for Evil (Boston: Beacon Press, 1971) (back) 3: Rachel MacNair, Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress: The Psychological Consequences of Killing (Westport: Praeger Publications, 2002) (back) 4: Rajmohan Ramanathapillai, "The Politicizing of Trauma: A Case Study of Sri Lanka," Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, Vol. 12, No. 1 (2006), pp. 1-18 (back) 5: Speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 16, 1953 (back) 6: Stephen D. Schwartz, ed., Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Since 1940 (Washington: Brookings Institution, 1998) (back) 7: Speech at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C., December 4, 1996 (back) 8: John Burton, Deviance, Terrorism & War: The Process of Solving Unsolved Social and Political Problems (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1979) (back) 9: Burton, pp. 72-3. The nonviolent Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka cites ten basic human needs for: "a clear and beautiful environment; a clean and adequate supply of water; a minimum of clothing requirements; an adequate supply of food; basic health care; a modest house; energy requirements; basic communication; total education; and spiritual and cultural needs." A.T. Ariyaratne, Collected Works, (Ratmalana: Sarvodaya Lekha Publishers, 1999), Vol. 7, p. 170 (back) 10: Jerrold M. Post, Leaders and Their Followers in a Dangerous World (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2004), p. 161 (back) 11: Ronald A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky, Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through Dangers of Leading (Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2002), p.19 (back) 12: Speech to the American Legion, Los Angeles, January 26, 1955, quoted in Norman Cousins, The Pathology of Power (New York: W.W. Norton, 1987), pp.67-9. See also Nonkilling Global Political Science, p. 156 (back) 13: Amnesty International, The Death Penalty, ACT 50/009/2006 (back) |
NKGPS Some Reader Comments May 2006 |
William Smirnov, Vice President Russian Political Science Association & International Political Science Assn. James MacGregor Burns, Former President American Political Science Association Inder Kumar Gujral Former Prime Minister of India A. M. Wokocha, Provost Rivers State College of Education, Port Harcourt Ilya Prigogine Nobel Chemistry Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire Nobel Peace Laureate Luis Javier Botero, Advisor in Nonviolence Governor of Antioquia, Colombia for a lot of conforming pundits and editorial writers, not to mention teachers and professors." Murray Polner, Editor of Shalom Jewish Peace Fellowship S. P. Udayakumar, Co-Director Race and Poverty Program, University of Minnesota |
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