War as a Institution, but what about Peace? Developmental Perspectives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5793183 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louis Oppenheimer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 201-218 |
| Publication date | 1996-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Behavioral Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0165-0254 • E-ISSN: 1464-0651 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1080/016502596386027 |
| OpenAlex | W4248409788 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The development of the comprehension and verbal articulation of the concept of war precedes the development of the concept of peace by several years. The implications of these findings for the norms, values, and attitudes towards peaceful and non-peaceful behaviour are discussed. It is argued that a ''state of peace" is not necessarily the baseline or ''normal situation" and that war and a ''state of war" are not merely social inventions or the result of cultural deviations, but that war is institutionalised in our culture. Peaceful and non-peaceful behaviours are products of the interaction between human propensities (i.e. predispositions) and the contents of the sociocultural structure, and the sociocultural structure itself is the historical product of the interaction between the same propensities and the environment. In any attempt to undermine the institution of war and to permit the emergence of the institution of peace, these mutual interactions will need to be considered
Articulation (sociology · Institution · Peaceful coexistence · Community Health and Development · Cultural Differences and Values · Political Conflict and Governance
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2006 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |