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The first metaphor is health, like ‘peace is to violence what health is to disease’. A person can be healthy, a person, a group, a state, a nation, a region, a civilization can be peaceful. A world can be peaceful, at least better than today.
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This text was first presented at The Barcelona Forum, Barcelona 29 August 2004.
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Galtung J, MacQueen, Graeme, (2008): Globalizing God: Religion, Spirituality and Peace. (Transcend University Press, vol 4) (www.transcend.org/tup).
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Galtung, J., Fischer, D. (2013). What is a Culture of Peace and What are the Obstacles?. In: Johan Galtung. SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32481-9_14
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