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SUMMARY:Special Issue on "Pacifism and World Peace" for Dialogue and Universalism
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DESCRIPTION:<p>PACIFISM AND WORLD PEACE</p>\n<p>Special Issue of Dialogue and Universalism</p>\n<p>Guest Editor: Andrew Fiala\, Ph.D. (California State University\, Fresno)</p>\n<p>Deadline: May 1\, 2026</p>\n<p>As wars continue to rage across the globe\, we invite philosophical reflection on pacifism and world peace.&nbsp\; Philosophers of the European Enlightenment once worked to formulate proposals for world peace.&nbsp\; Kant&rsquo\;s proposal for &ldquo\;perpetual peace&rdquo\; is perhaps the most famous of these.&nbsp\; Before Kant\, Bentham\, Rousseau\, and others discussed the problem of world peace\, while criticizing war and political systems that prepare for war.&nbsp\; Jane Addams suggested in her 1907 book Newer Ideals of Peace that we should begin &ldquo\;extinguishing war&rdquo\; by substituting &ldquo\;nurture&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;good-will&rdquo\; for the spirit of warfare.&nbsp\; Similar ideas can be found in William James&rsquo\;s proposal for a &ldquo\;moral equivalent of war&rdquo\; as articulated in his influential essay from 1910.&nbsp\; And in his &ldquo\;Last Essay&rdquo\; (from 1967)\, after a lifetime spent arguing against war\, Betrand Russell concluded\, &ldquo\;The powers must learn that peace is the paramount interest of everybody. To cause this to be realized by governments should be the supreme aim.&rdquo\;&nbsp\; More recently\, Cheyney Ryan\, Robert Holmes\, Alex Bellamy\, and other scholars have supported pacifism\, criticized the war system\, and outlined proposals for developing a more peaceful world.&nbsp\; This literature indicates that there are complex problems to be solved as we work to build a more pacific human future.</p>\n<p>We invite papers for this special issue of Dialogue and Universalism that further the philosophical work of imagining world peace and criticizing militarism and war.&nbsp\; To this end\, we encourage papers that provide a broad philosophical exploration of this topic.&nbsp\; We are not looking for case studies of particular wars (so we are not soliciting papers that focus exclusively on contemporary wars in Gaza\, Ukraine\, or on other historical cases).&nbsp\; Nor are we looking for papers that offer a limited exegetical focus on a single philosopher or text (so we are not calling for papers that focus narrowly on Kant\, Addams\, James\, or Russell).&nbsp\; Rather\, our goal is to encourage work that takes up the challenge that was articulated by such authors.&nbsp\; This is a call for papers that engage in broad critical reflection on human nature\, the war system\, war economics\, geo-political structures\, militaristic cultures\, and related themes\, along with papers that offer imaginative and constructive proposals for developing a more peaceful world.&nbsp\; This may include discussions of &ldquo\;dialogue&rdquo\; and &bdquo\;universalism\,&rdquo\; which are part of the thematic focus of the journal\, and which would likely be an important component of world peace.</p>\n<p>More information on the journal: https://dialogueanduniversalism.eu/&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Dates and Deadlines: Full papers to be submitted May 1\, 2026</p>\n<p>Anticipated publication date: Fall 2026</p>\n<p>Length: 8\,000 words maximum (including notes and bibliography)</p>\n<p>Send inquiries and completed papers to Dr. Andrew Fiala: afiala@csufresno.edu</p>
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