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Preliminary Material /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- From Utrecht's Peace to Modern Times: Introductory Words by Martti Koskenniemi, University of Helsinki, Treaty of Utrecht Chair at Utrecht University /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- Keynote: Sir Adam Roberts, British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- Commentary: Randall Lesaffer, Tilburg University /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- Roundtable Debate /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- Interview with Sir Adam Roberts /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- Keynote: Abiodun Williams, The Hague Institute for Global Justice /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- Commentary: Marc Weller, Cambridge University /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- Roundtable Debate /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- Prelude: Peace and Its Confluences, a Short Story by Jamal Mahjoub /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- Keynote: Barney Afako, Former Legal Advisor to the Juba Peace Talks /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- Commentary: Sarah Nouwen, Cambridge University /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- Roundtable Debate /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- Interview with Sarah Nouwen /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- Interview with Barney Afako /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- Introduction to and Texts of Security Council Resolutions 598 (1987) and 687 (1991) Concerning Iran and Iraq /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- Keynote, Djamchid Momtaz, University of Tehran /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- Commentary: Nico Schrijver, Leiden University /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- Roundtable Debate /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- Roundtable Debate: Mediation versus Adjudication /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- Concluding Remarks on the Conference by the Chairman of the Carnegie Foundation, Bernard Bot /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- Personal Experiences with Peace Mediation: An Interview with Bernard Bot, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- Epilogue /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong -- About the Contributors /Steven van Hoogstraten , Nico Schrijver , Otto Spijkers and Anneleen de Jong.

Main description: The essays gathered in this volume investigate the role of science and art in issues of war and peace through various disciplines and theoretical traditions. How does philosophical anthropology explain why humans can be so violent? How do psychoanalysis and neuroscience regard the fact that, rather than pursuing happiness and freedom, humans seem to prefer the destruction of others and themselves? How is violence incorporated into language? How do the social sciences construct a depreciative view of the enemy and the myth of a national, superior identity? How have the natural sciences been involved in domination or cooperation between countries? How does art defame or value the other? How can one shield science and art from the logic of war, making them a common good for humanity and a foundation for peace?Many reflections are discussed here with regard to Kant, Hegel, Alexander von Humboldt, Novalis, Schlegel, Schopenhauer, Tolstoy, Freud, Einstein, Ortega y Gasset, Clausewitz, Canetti, Bourdieu, Rawls etc. This volume stands alone in clarifying the role of science and art in war and peace analytically and historically while also linking it to a number of contemporary implications.