Peace Studies/ Conflict Resolution

ilovebagels
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:18:20 +0000

Oh, come on now. You had to agree with me that it was a bit ridiculous to suggest that Penn would have better access to good bagels than Columbia would, despite the large religious Jewish community at Penn…



So long as we’re talking about the immediate campus area (not the city of NYC vs Philadelphia) then I stand by what I said and I shall fight you to the death for it! lunge



What do you see it as a euphemism for? History?

I see “peace studies” as euphemistic term for “international relations,” used by those who downplay the importance of the use of violence as a means to achieve desired ends–endemic to the human condition since cavemen started hitting each other with bones and pointy things.

To me it is akin to calling medicine “healthy people studies” when the focus of medicine is largely on what happens when people are NOT healthy.