Philosophy After Hiroshima: From Power Politics to the Ethics of Nonviolence and Co-Responsibility.

The seventh World Congress of the International Society for Universal Dialogue took place in Hiroshima, Japan, in the summer of 2007. The title of the congress was After Hiroshima: Collective Memory, Philosophical Reflection and World Peace. The papers that appear in this issue were presented at...

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Published in:American Journal of Economics & Sociology Vol. 68; no. 1; pp. 9 - 50
Main Author: Demenchonok, Edward
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell January 2009
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Summary:The seventh World Congress of the International Society for Universal Dialogue took place in Hiroshima, Japan, in the summer of 2007. The title of the congress was After Hiroshima: Collective Memory, Philosophical Reflection and World Peace. The papers that appear in this issue were presented at the conference. An introductory essay gives an overview of the ideas conveyed by discussions during the congress relating to an open history, and violence-prone globalization and its challenges to ethics and to peace.