Peace Psychology in Asia
In recent years, peace psychology has grown from a utopian idea to a means of transforming societies worldwide. Yet at the same time peacebuilding enjoys global appeal, the diversity of nations and regions demands interventions reflecting local cultures a
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Cristina Jayme Montiel Noraini M. Noor Editors
Peace Psychology in Asia
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Peace Psychology in Asia
Senior Editorial Advisory Board James Liu Diane Bretherton Joseph Camilleri Susan McKay Emiko Kashima Yoshihisa Kashima Kwok Leung
Cristina Jayme Montiel · Noraini M. Noor Editors
Peace Psychology in Asia
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Editors Cristina Jayme Montiel Psychology Department Ateneo de Manila University PO Box 154, 1099 Manila Philippines
Noraini M. Noor International Islamic University Malaysia 53100 Kuala Lumpur Jalan Gombak Malaysia
ISBN 978-1-4419-0142-2 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-0143-9 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-0143-9 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009928679 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
The region of Asia has traditionally been acknowledged as a place of peace and harmony, attributed in great part to Eastern cosmology that upholds a philosophy of respecting diversity and creating harmony between human–God, human–human, and human–nature. Asia has also been regarded by many as the cradle of civilization. Many world religions and great faiths have major strongholds in the continent of Asia: from Hinduism and Buddhism, to Jewish, Christianity, Islam, and other faiths such as Shinto and Taoism. All strongly support and encourage their adherents to promote justice and create peace among all fellow human beings on earth. All Asian-born diverse religions and faiths convey the same message of peace: inner peace or salaam (Islam) and shalom (Jewish); peace, love, and mercy (Christianity); avoidance of violence or ahimsa (Hinduism); and absence of all chaos or nirvana (Buddhism). However, it is disheartening to witness that Asia too is not immune to violent tensions and conflicts that have become key features that characterize many regions of the world. Direct and structural violence in the form of genocides, human trafficking, political and economic injustices such as poverty and corruption, ethnopolitical conflicts, and environmental conflicts, to name but a few, are occurring within underdeveloped and developing countries of Asia. Religiously nuanced conflict is also more common nowadays and has torn many Asian societies apart. Divisive claims of t
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