Global Peace Studies

In every sphere of life, division and intolerance has polarized communities and entire nations. The learned construction of the Other-an evil "enemy" against whom both physical and discursive violence is deemed acceptable-has fractured humanity, creating divisions that seemingly defy reconciliation. How do we restore the bonds of connection among human beings? How do we shift from polarization to peace? On Othering: Processes and Politics of Unpeace examines the process of othering from an international perspective and considers how it undermines peacemaking and is perpetuated by colonialism and globalization. Taking a humanistic approach, contributors argue that celebrating difference can have a transformative change in seeking peaceful solutions to problems created by people, institutions, ideas, conditions, and circumstances. Touching on race, gender, sexuality, nationalism, and our relationship with the natural world, this volume attends to the deep injustices brought about by othering and recommends actions for mending the relationships that are essential to renewing the possibility of peace. Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1 The Other Within 1. Hosting the Hostage: Hospitality, the Uyghur Other, and Chinese State-Imposed Peace - Timothy A. Grose 2. The Ubiquitous Other, or the Muslims of Assam: Is Peace Possible? - Yasmin Saikia 3. Bordering and Everyday Peace with the Other - Kathryn Cassidy Part 2 The Marginal Other: Gender, Sexuality, and Race 4. Muslims in Italy: Rooting and Pluralism, Inequalities and Islamophobia - Fabio Perocco 5. Global North Homoimperialism and the Conundrum of Queer Asylum - Nikoli Attai 6. Unfree Muslims: Islamophobia and the (Im)Possibilities of Muslim Belonging in America - Chad Haines 7. Killing Machine: How Mexican and US States of Exception Turned Revolutionaries and Migrants into Bare Life, 1969–1996 - Alexander Aviña 8. There Are No Signs: Feeling Black in a Post–Jim Crow America - Camille D. Burge 9. Building Bridges Between Queer and Normative Muslims - Maryam Khan Part 3 Nature as Other: The Human and Non-human Relationship 10. "A Foothold in the Sheer Wall of the Future": Extinction, Making Kin, and Imagining Peace in The Ministry of Utmost Happiness - Amit R. Baishya 11. The Earth as a Phobic Object: Negative Ecology and the Rise of Eco-Fascism - Frédéric Neyrat 12. "Peace" for Indigenous Peoples: Land-Based Visions of Reconciliation - Rebecca Tsosie Afterword: Imagining People's Peace - Chad Haines and Yasmin Saikia Contributors Yasmin Saikia is a professor of History and holds the distinguished Hardt-Nickachos Endowed Chair in Peace Studies at Arizona State University. She is the author of the award-winning books Fragmented Memories: Struggling to be Tai-Ahom in India (2005) and Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh: Remembering 1971 (2011). She has co-authored with Chad Haines, Women and Peace in the Islamic World (2014) and People's Peace: Prospects for a Human Future (2019). Chad Haines is associate professor of Religious Studies and Senior Global Futures Scholar at Arizona State University. He is the author of Nation, Territory, and Globalization in Pakistan (2012) as well a co-editor with Yasmin Saikia of Women and Peace in the Islamic World (2014) and People's Peace (2019). With contributions by Nikoli Attai, Alexander Avina, Amit R. Baishya, Camille D. Burge, Kathryn Cassidy, Timothy Grose, Maryam Khan, Frédéric Neyrat, Fabio Perocco, and Rebecca Tsosie. Touching on race, gender, sexuality, nationalism, and our relationship with the natural world, this volume attends to the deep injustices brought about by processes of othering perpetuated by colonialism and globalization and recommends actions for mending the relationships that are essential to renewing the possibility of peace.

Canada and the United States. Two nations, one border, same continent. Anti-American sentiment in Canada is well documented, but what have Americans had to say about their northern neighbour? Allan examines how the American media has portrayed Canada, from Confederation to Obama's election. By examining major events that have tested bilateral relations, Bomb Canada tracks the history of anti-Canadianism in the U.S. Informative, thought provoking and at times hilarious, this book reveals another layer of the complex relationship between Canada and the United States.

The ABCs of Human Survival examines the effect of militant nationalism and the lawlessness of powerful states on the well-being of individuals and local communities, and the essential role of global citizenship within that dynamic. Based on the analysis of world events, Dr. Arthur Clark presents militant nationalism as a pathological pattern of thinking that threatens our security, while emphasizing effective democracy and international law as indispensable frameworks for human protection. Within the contexts of history, sociology, philosophy, and spirituality, The ABCs of Human Survival calls into question the assumptions of consumer culture and offers, as an alternative, strategies to improve overall well-being through the important choices we make as individuals.

Millions of people are displaced each year by war, persecution, and famine and the global refugee population continues to grow. Canada has often been regarded as a benevolent country, welcoming refugees from around the globe. However, refugees have encountered varying kinds of reception in Canada. Finding Refuge in Canada: Narratives of Dislocation is a collection of personal narratives about the refugee experience in Canada. It includes critical perspectives from authors from diverse backgrounds, including refugees, advocates, front-line workers, private sponsors, and civil servants. The narratives collected here confront dominant public discourse about refugee identities and histories and provide deep insight into the social, political, and cultural challenges and opportunities that refugees experience in Canada. Contributors consider Canada's response to various groups of refugees and how Canadian perspectives on war, conflict, and peace are constructed through the refugee support experience. These individual stories humanize the global refugee crisis and challenge readers to reflect on the transformative potential of more equitable policies and processes.