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The concept of peace education is a contested and suspect concept.1 Different scholars have conceived of peace and peace education in sub-stantively different ways. As such it has been difficult to fully agree on a universal definition of peace education. However, referring to the work of Anderson, Trifonas, and Wright claim that his definition of peace may provide a working definition. Peace is:
the absence of violence to any aspect of human life.2
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Portelli, J.P. (2014). Peace Education and Critical Democracy: Some Challenges in Neoliberal Times. In: Borg, C., Grech, M. (eds) Lorenzo Milani’s Culture of Peace. Palgrave Macmillan’s Postcolonial Studies in Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-38212-2_13
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