10.10.2009 - 10.10.2009
The Fall of the US Empire - And Then What?
This workshop is based on book 5 in the TRANSCEND UniversityPress series, "The Fall of the US Empire - And Then What? Successors, Regionalization or Globalization? US Fascism or US Blossoming?" by Johan Galtung (2009). All empires so far have had life cycles, and the US Empire is no exception. In no way should that be confused with any fall of the USA; just to the contrary, the fall of the US Empire may lead to the blossoming of the US Republic. And in no way should the book be seen as "anti-American"; just to the contrary. The prediction of the fall of the US Empire is based on a theory of cumulative contradictions used in 1980 to predict the fall of the Soviet empire a decade later. Three global scenarios--successors, regionalization or globalization, mainly regionalization--and two domestic scenarios--US fascism and US blossoming, mainly the latter--will be explored.
| Language | English |
| Location | World Peace Academy, Eidgenossenweg 14a, 4052 Basel |
| Time | Session 1: 10:30 - 13:00 Session 2: 14:30 - 17:00 Session 3: 18:00 - 20:00 |
| Price/CHF | 200.00 Students only pay half the price |
| Deadline | 03.10.2009 |
| Resource Person(s) | Prof. Dr. Johan Galtung Dr. Johan Galtung, born 1930 in Oslo, is a distinguished Professor of Peace Studies and Founder of TRANSCEND, a Global Network for Peace and Development (www.transcend.org) with 350 members in 80 countries. He is widely recognized as the founder of the academic discipline of peace studies. He founded the world's first Peace Research Institute in Oslo, Norway, in 1959, and the Journal of Peace Research in 1964. From there he brought his work to new centers for peace and conciliation throughout the world. He was the first rector of the TRANSCEND Peace University, www.transcend.org/tpu (2003-2007). He has been a consultant to the United Nations and its family of organizations. He has integrated rigorous scholarship and research with the development of innovative educational programs around the world. He has written 141 books (translated into 33 languages) and over 1500 articles on various aspects of peace and conflict resolution. Over the last fifty years, he has mediated in over 100 major international conflicts. His tireless commitment to peace has been recognized with numerous awards, including ten honorary doctorates and the Right Livelihood Award (the "Alternative Nobel Prize"). |
| Contact | info@world-peace-academy.ch, Tel.: +41 61 31 58 595 |
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