Dieter Senghaas Boeken

Dieter Senghaas, professor emeritus of international relations, University of Bremen, was one of most innovative contemporary German social scientists, with major contributions on peace and development research and on music and peace. He was awarded many prizes: the International Peace Research Award (1987), Göttingen Peace Prize (1999), Culture and Peace Prize of the Villa Ichon in Bremen (2006), and the Leopold-Kohr Prize of the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research (2010). In addition to his autobiographic notes and his selected bibliography, this book offers a global audience five key texts by D. Senghaas (1974-2009): Towards an Analysis of Threat Policy in International Relations; Friedrich List and the Basic Problems of Development; Developing the Definitions of Perpetual Peace (‘para pacem’): Through What and How is Peace Constituted Today?; Sounds of Peace: On Peace Fantasies and Peace Offerings in Classical Music; and Enhancing Human Rights – A Contribution to Viable Peace.

Dieter Senghaas, a prominent authority in conflict research and management, highlights the remarkable transformation in the OECD world, particularly within the European Union, where violent conflict has become largely unthinkable over the past fifty years. This shift fosters his optimism regarding the potential for lasting peace globally, despite the ongoing violent conflicts in various regions. Senghaas's insights emphasize the prerequisites necessary for achieving enduring peace and the lessons that can be drawn from historical progress.

Der Autor untersucht den Realitätsgehalt der offiziellen Selbstdarstellung von Industriegesellschaften und Dritter Welt. In theoretischer Analyse und mit Hilfe von Falluntersuchungen beschreibt er die Ideologiehaftigkeit gängiger wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher und wirtschaftspolitischer Doktrinen über Struktur und Funktionsweise der internationalen Ökonomie. Darüber hinaus prüft der Autor die Voraussetzungen einer Entwicklungspolitik, die ihr eigentliches Ziel: Befriedigung von Grundbedürfnissen der in sozialem Elend und absoluter Armut lebenden Menschen, erreicht.