Peace Talks--Who Will Listen?

by Fred R. Dallmayr

Book Overview

In his Complaint of Peace, the great sixteenth-century humanist Erasmus allows "Peace" to talk. Peace speaks as a plaintiff, protesting her shabby treatment at the hands of humankind and our ever-ready inclination to launch wars. Against this lure of warfare, Erasmus pits the higher task of peace-building, which can only succeed through the cultivation of justice and respect for all human life.

First articulated in 1517, the complaint...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026802569X
• ISBN13: 9780268025694
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 8.5"