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AUTHOR
A. Cozzo
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Riso e sorriso e altri saggi sulla nonviolenza nella Grecia antica
2018
Is nonviolence a specificity of oriental culture? The book explores the presence, in ancient Greece, of forms of thought and actions that can be brought back to the idea of nonviolent conflict management. It identifies the role that laughter and smile can play in the resolution of interpersonal contrasts; it illustrates the advice of ‘work on oneself’ as well as on the other, given by ancient philosophers; it focuses on some rules to combat violence without resorting to violence; it presents female mediation practices and identifies various forms of diplomacy, both from above and from below; at least it shows the effective dynamics in view of the reconciliation between adversaries in cases …
Arruolare la natura in Erodoto
2018
The study identifies the roles assigned by Herodotus to natural and environmental elements in war events, or in general conflictual events. These elements are considered as cooperators of justice by virtue of law according to which men and the local natural environment constitute a complex of mutually supportive parts and even in a concrete relationship of mutual aid. They also appear as spaces characterized in a merely dimensional sense. Here the Greek «smallness» is functional to the impossibility of containing the number of the Persian army which, therefore, can only be defeated.