@article{ref1,
title="A time - and a project - for pacifism and nonviolence studies",
journal="Journal of pacifism and nonviolence",
year="2023",
author="Cady, Duane L.",
volume="1",
number="1",
pages="41-51",
abstract="Why is it time to take pacifism and nonviolence studies more seriously? I attempt to show that pacifism and nonviolence studies are not only helpful but are necessary to understand and root out a presumption about violence that has persisted throughout human history, a presumption through which the vast majority of humans on earth experience our world. I am referring to the seemingly universal human inclination to take violence for granted as a necessary - even moral - means for human thriving, safety, and progress. We are told that it is human nature to fight or flee danger. In what follows I explore the possibility that fighting and fleeing may not be natural but cultural, and that they may not exhaust human options in response to danger. I then discuss the presumption of violence and consider the role of pacifist and nonviolence studies in analyzing and even deconstructing it by exploring a reasonable alternative view.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2772-7874",
doi="10.1163/27727882-bja00005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/27727882-bja00005"
}