IIPE Special Issue on Bridging Traditional Wisdom and Modernity: Exploring an Eco-Relational Paradigm for Peace
In light of the ecological crisis and the social, political, and cultural obstacles to addressing this crisis, the International Institute on Peace Education (IIPE) Nepal 2024 was convened to consider an ecological and relational paradigm for peace. As many nations and peoples, Nepal is struggling to develop while maintaining its ancient spiritual traditions, village communities, and warmth among its people, even in the face of economic and political pressure from the great powers on its borders and beyond. Discussion of the Nepali conundrum by IIPE participants from around the world brought this problematic to the fore. This call for a special issue of In Factis Pax seeks to continue this inquiry by exploring the following basic questions: Given the current ecological crisis, including the climate crisis, in what ways can the conception of “peace” be re-conceived? What contribution can peace education and peace and justice studies contribute to forming an ecological relational framework for peace?
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