DEFINITION OF PEACE CULTURE
1) Peace
- Webster's New World Dictionary defines peace as:
freedom from war, public security, harmony, concord, serenity.
The definition of "peace" at IFLAC is based on
all these definitions.
2) Culture:
The Webster New World Dictionary describes "Culture" as:
"The development, improvement and refinement of the
mind, emotions, interests, manners and tastes, as well
as the arts, literature, ideas, customs and skills of a given people
in a given period."
The Oxford
English Dictionary adds that culture is "The
intellectual side of civilization."
The
definition of "Culture" at IFLAC, is based on all the
aspects mentioned above.
What happens when we put these two words together?
So What is Peace
Culture? - A peace culture is based on all the values above, and
therefore it can create, mediate and transfer values,
ideas, literature, ethics, information, customs, traditions,
interests, emotions, arts and intellectual
refinement, between: people, generations, nations, and
civilizations. It is both a creative, productive and reproductive
force by it's power of transmitting the cultural patterns of the
present and the past. It is also an important creative and
educational influence, by its power to actively inculcate new
values, norms, attitudes, behavior and trends.
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