Existential Risks in Peace and Conflict Studies

2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-24314-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Reihe: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies

This book explores the topic of peace and the long-term survival of the human species. Drawing on Existential Risk Studies (ERS), the book lays out a theoretical framework for drawing new perspectives and approaches for looking toward the future and addressing existential risks related to the complexity and dynamics of conflict. Looking at five research lines in Peace and Conflict Studies (PCS); (1) Great Powers Conflict, (2) Peace, Pandemic, and Conflict, (3) Climate, Peace, and Conflict, (4) Emerging Technologies, Peace, and Conflict and (5) Totalitarianism, the chapters discuss how these lines are defined and discussed, how they are understood in ERS, and what approaches would be beneficial to adapt and integrate into PCS. By drawing on ERS and grounding the discussion in lines of research that will be important to the field of PCS, this book suggests that long-term perspectives are needed in the field, especially in regard to existential risk and their implications of conflict.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taylor, Noah B.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Foundations.- Chapter 3: At the Intersection of PCS and ERS.- Chapter 4: Great Powers Conflict.- Chapter 5: Peace, Pandemics, and Conflict.- Chapter 6: Climate Change Peace and Conflict.- Chapter 7: Emerging Technologies, Risk, Peace, and Conflict.- Chapter 8: Totalitarianism Risk and Peace.- Chapter 9: Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Noah B. Taylor is a Guest Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. He is a practitioner, researcher, and teacher of Peace and Conflict Studies, focusing on a wide range of research areas including Elicitive Conflict Transformation, Transrational Peace Philosophy, Emerging Technologies, and Existential Risk.