Impatient, provocative, and prolific in his pursuit of peace through research, publishing, and commentary, the influential Johan Galtung turned 80 on October 24, 2010, without the slightest sign of slowing down. This collection of essays celebrates peace in honor of this milestone. The wide range of essays explores issues including the eradication of violence, conflict transformation, resistance to taxation for the military, global terrorism and global hegemony, nonviolent revolutions, learning from nature, sport and conflict transformation, diplomacy, the financial crisis, prejudice towards schizophrenia, Obama's Nobel Peace Prize speech, peace journalism, and moving from violent to peace-oriented masculinities. Also included are commentaries on Galtung's own work and local studies on Colombia, Nepal, and Thailand.

Foreword Narayan Desai Foreword Desmond Tutu Eradicating violence: a prerequisite for personal and societal peace Guadalupe Abrego Conflict transformation and Sabona SynA ve Faldalen Nonviolent geopolitics: rationality and resistance Richard Anderson Falk Learning from nature Dieter Fischer The global and the local: Local Agenda 21 as peace movement Bernd Hamm Resistance to taxation for the military - the need for a peace tax bill Alexander Harang How long is the run for peace? Fredrik Heffermehl Some thoughts about Johan Galtung's teaching and cooperative learning Sara Rozenblum de Horowitz Deconstructing and reconstructing the global financial crisis Sohail Inayatullah TV program-based preventive education for the prejudice towards schizophrenia Takayo Inoue, Takehiko Ito and Tomoe Kodaira External support in nonviolent revolutions JA rgen Johansen Obama and his Nobel peace prize speech John Y. Jones Structural violence George Kent Global terrorism and global hegemony Ninan Koshy From omnicide to abolition David Krieger With Johan and Arne Nass to India Sigmund Satreng KvalA y The travellers guide 2035 edition Poka Laenui 1989: A Journey with Johan Galtung Jonathan D. London Towards the deep study of peace and war Ramon Lopez-Reyes Peace journalism: variations on a theme of Johan Galtung Jake Lynch From means to ends and back again Brian Martin The tripartite peace architecture amidst promises and challenges for sustaining peace - Galtung's relevance a third of a century later Erin McCandless Nature, survival, and the notion of solidarity - on Johan Galtung and Another Development Henning Melber From violent to peace-oriented masculinities Ivana Milojevic Peace research and black swans Jan A-berg Galtungs theory of peace journalism and Norwegian journalism on Afghanistan Rune Ottosen Political leadership, nonviolence and love: governor Guillermo Gaviria Correa of Colombia Glenn D. Paige Approaches to peacebuilding in Nepal: experiment in various dimensions Bishnu Pathak The destruction of enemies Vithal Rajan Sport and conflict transformation Andrew Rigby Difficult reconciliation?: Southern Thailand and the influence of Galtungs peace research Chaiwat Satha-Anand To overcome war: the importance of constructive alternatives Christine Schweitzer The persistence of tradition: moving beyond sentimental imperialisms Paul D. Scott Kama Sutra and conflict Sutra S. P. Udayakumar An experiment in academic diplomacy Peter Wallensteen