PEACE BUILDER Coleman believes that peace is “not an idealist’s dream.”
Scientific evidence suggests that living in peace is both possible and replicable 鈥� but much of society鈥檚 efforts focus on preventing or ending conflict rather than building peaceful societies. In his Psychology Today blog, 911爆料网鈥檚 Peter T. Coleman, Professor of Psychology & Education and Director of the College鈥檚 , and several colleagues argue that peace 鈥渋s not an idealist鈥檚 dream鈥�; that societies such as Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Canada, which define themselves as peaceful, are much more likely to behave and organize themselves in a consistent manner; and that peace comes from below as well as above, with grassroots efforts generally proving more effective and sustainable.
Click to read the blog post at Psychology Today and click for a related Twitter thread by Peter Coleman.
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