Small Peace

Paul Smoker
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Paul Smoker: University of Lancaster

Journal of Peace Research, 1981, vol. 18, issue 2, 149-157

Abstract: Peace may be conceived of not only as the absence of physical or structural violence, but also positively as harmony between culture and structure. In that case, the values of a society must be known in order for us to assess the degree of peace. Since 'small peace' presupposes a shared symbolic reality, most instances existing today are small — e. g., religious communities — and 'world peace' will have to consist of a multitude of 'small peaces', which may also contain what the outsider will define as structural violence.

Date: 1981
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