If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem.
Love and peace are eternal.
Love and peace are eternal.
--John Lennon
"Peace and Prosperity" by Elihu Vedder
DEFINITION:
Noun
The study of peace
ANTONYMS:
polemology
ETYMOLOGY/ORIGIN:
First known use c. 1800's
Greek (eirene- "peace", + -ology "branch of knowledge")
PRONUNCIATION:
[ir-in-ahl-a-jē]
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SCRABBLE SCORE:
13
USAGE/EXAMPLES:
Peace and conflict studies is a social science field that identifies and analyses violent and nonviolent behaviours as well as the structural mechanisms attending conflicts (including social conflicts) with a view towards understanding those processes which lead to a more desirable human condition.[1] A variation on this, peace studies (IRENOLOGY), is an interdisciplinary effort aiming at the prevention, de-escalation, and solution of conflicts by peaceful means, thereby seeking "victory" for all parties involved in the conflict. This is in contrast to war studies (polemology), which has as its aim on the efficient attainment of victory in conflicts, primarily by violent means to the satisfaction of one or more, but not all, parties involved.
--Peace and conflict studies
Wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_and_conflict_studies
Surely, this is not to imply that IRENOLOGY (peace studies) and polemology (war studies) are worthless, or that other fields of study (related to war studies and peace studies) like "political science, economics, psychology, sociology, international relations, history, anthropology, religious studies, ... gender studies, as well as a variety of others" should be ignored.
--The Future of Post-Human War and Peace
by Peter Baofu, 2010
Peace Monument, Werder Mountain Germany
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