This book is offered for consideration and critical reflection primarily by political science scholars throughout the world from beginning students to professors emeriti. Neither age nor erudition seems to make much difference in the prevailing assumption that killing is an inescapable part of the human condition that must be accepted in political theory and practice. It is hoped that readers will join in questioning this assumption and will contribute further stepping stones of thought and action toward a nonkilling global future.

Nonkilling Global Political Science

Politics & Social Sciences

Paige, Glenn D.

Politics & Government

Center for Global Nonkilling

The open challenge to the widespread acceptance of lethality and lethal intent trespasses the limits of an ideology for social change entailing a new scientific model based on the refutation of killing-accepting science. This volume brings together 24 authors and 14 disciplines (Anthropology, Arts, Biology, Economics, Engineering, Geography, Health Sciences, History, Linguistics, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology and Sociology) to seriously consider the prospects for the realization of nonkilling societies and to challenge each discipline’s role in the necessary social and scientific transformation.

Toward a Nonkilling Paradigm

Brauer, Jurgen

Evans Pim, Joám

Younger, Stephen M.

Urbain, Olivier

Sponsel, Leslie E.

Tyner, James

Giorgi, Piero P.

Marlin, Tepper

Haws, David

DeGue, Sarah

Social Sciences

This volume arises from a crucial question formulated by political scientist Glenn D. Paige: “Is a Nonkilling Society Possible?” Paige (and much of the evidence brought for-ward in this book) reminds us that nonkilling societies, characterized by no killing of humans and no threats to kill, do exist in spite of having passed largely unnoticed to most of the scientific community. Most authors who are contributing to this volume have been repeating the same crucial fact for decades: killing-free societies, as those imagined by Paige in his book, are not a utopian dream; they are a genuine actuality that has been in existence for millenia. It can probably be said louder but not more clearly. This volume provides firm evidence that the only feasible answer to Paige’s question is undoubtedly affirmative.

Nonkilling Societies

Anthropology

The surprise insight from Nonkilling History is that what did not happen explains why humanity lives today. This turns upside down understanding of history as the story of the victory of righteous or reprehensible human violence in struggles to satisfy human aspirations, wants, and needs. In the introduction to nonkilling historiography that begins the present volume, editor Antony Adolf advances far beyond such common sense understanding. He establishes seminal methodology for establishing a new nonkilling science of history. Such a science will not only help to explain past to present human survival but will inform decisions, individual and collective, to promote future killing-free societies that sustain and celebrate human life. The invitation to explore nonkilling history in this volume will interest not only young and old scholars in history and other academic disciplines, but will surely invite nonkilling questions by general readers as well.

Nonkilling History: Shaping Policy with Lessons from the Past

History

Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne

Kumar, Ravindra

Adolf, Antony

Chernus, Ira

Bennett, Scott H.

Ebbesen, Martha A.

Chowdhury, Chipamong

Jacob, Robert

Sanmartín, Israel

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Engineering Nonkilling: Scientific Responsibility and the Advancement of Killing-Free Societies

Wagner, David

Bhaneja, Balwant

Drago, Antonino

Mushtaq, Usman

Nosrat, Amir

Bowen, W. Richard

Patkar, Vivek

D’Ambrosio, Ubiratan

Science & Math

In contrast to academic and policy studies that concentrate on political-military-economic aspects of Korea since Division and the Korean War, authors in this book seek to discover nonkilling cultural features in South and North Korea, America, China, Japan, and Russia that can contribute to realization of a unified Nonkilling Korea – A Korea in which no Koreans kill other Koreans, no foreigners kill Koreans, and no Koreans are sent abroad to kill. Discoveries reported here provide confidence that nonkilling cultural values and capabilities can be found in all six societies that can benefit each and all in progress toward the measurable goal of a killing-free Korea and world. Readers are invited to join in further explorations. This book reports on the Nonkilling Korea: Six Culture Exploratory Seminar convened by the Asia Center/Seoul National University and the Center for Global Nonkilling/ Honolulu in Seoul during August 18-19, 2010.

Nonkilling Korea: Six Culture Exploration

Nagler, Michael N.

Van Hook, Stephanie N.

Yang, Sung Chul

Kang, Jang-seok

Tang, Dahua

Okamoto, Mitsuo

Okamoto, Tamayo

The importance of rethinking media and entertainment from a nonkilling perspective is self-explanatory. In "Nonkilling Global Political Science", Glenn Paige pointed out how violence is "socially learned and culturally reinforced". This social effort is by no means casual or due to some innate taste or demand for violence content historically considered repugnantbut rather, "violent media socialization is useful for a state in need of professional patriotic killers". Nonkilling creativity throuought the ages also shows how a life-enhancing media is possible. At the Center for Global Nonkilling we sincerely hope that the contributions compiled in this volume may help shape an alternative to the lethal ideology that permates media that may enhance the value of life.

Nonkilling Media (Nonkilling Studies)

Nonkilling Spiritual Traditions (Nonkilling Studies)

Tsomo, Karma Lekshe

Cicovacki, Predrag

Allen, Douglas

Dhakal., Pradeep

Te Maiharoa, Kelli

Tanabe, Juichiro

Bothra, Shivani

Philosophy

Translation of Le principe de non-violence: Parcours philosophique by French philosopher-writer-activist Jean-Marie Muller. First published by Desclee de Brouwer in Paris in 1995. The introduction to the first edition succinctly summarizes the significance of Muller's unique contribution: "The goal of this book is to found a philosophical concept of nonviolence....[It aims] to challenge once and for all the ideology that violence is necessary, legitimate, and honorable....Never apparently has this been accomplished in such a masterly and complete manner."

The Principle of Nonviolence: A Philosophical Path

Muller, Jean-Marie

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