Sammendrag
The volume departs from the recommendations of the Unesco World Congress on Disarmament Education which was held in 1980 and the failure of many attempts to produce a UNESCO Teacher's Handbook on Disarmament Education since then. The book takes a fresh look at the substance, forms and practices of educational initiatives designed for contributing towards the creation of a world less characterized by violence, oppression, exploitation, dominance and brutality. Basic to the work is the idea that our minds have been occupied by words and ideologies originating from powers that have become accustomed to profit from the misery of the masses. Basic too, is the idea that education's role in transmitting such ideologies can be changed to become a critical force confronting dominant destructive authority and power. This idea may be a most important condition for increasing the probability of turning educational activity away from the interest of the oppressor towards the interest of those who are the victims of violent actors and structures. The theme is looked into from different contexts around the world - without the ambition to arrive at a unison answer to the question of how dialogue about violence and peace can contribute towards disarming minds and countries that support violence rather than peace.
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