"To Leap Beyond yet Nearer Bring". From War to Peace to Nonviolence to Nonkilling
by Glenn D. Paige
In International Journal of Peace Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1 (January, 1997).
[first published in Peace Research. Canadian Journal of Peace Studies, Vol. 28, No. 4 (1996)]
ISSN 1085-7494

Summary: We "leap beyond," hopefully Nearer [to] bring," by raising a question. As Bertrand Russell has observed, "Philosophy begins when someone asks a general question and so does science" (Russell,1977: 10). The question is, "Is a nonkilling society possible- If not, why not- If yes, why- Since a "nonkilling society" is not a common term in English or perhaps in any other language, we need an initial explanation. Let us take it to be a society with three defining characteristics, each with two parts. First, there is no killing of humans and no threat to kill. Second, there are no weapons specifically designed to kill humans and no justifications for using them. And third, there are no social conditions that depend upon threat or use of killing force for maintenance or change.

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不殺生: 韓半島에서의 平和體制 構築을 위한 提言
("Nonkilling Korea")
by Glenn D. Paige
In 立命館国際研究 - Ritsumeikan Kokusai Kenkyu [The Ritsumeikan Journal of International Studies, Kyoto], Vol. 9, No. 4 (March, 1997).
ISSN 09152008

Summary: Let us approach the problem of peaceful reunification of Korea in its Northeast Asian and global context from a nonkilling political science perspective. In contrast to conventional political science which is based on the assumption that readiness to kill is essential for social well-being, nonkilling political science departs from the assumption that a nonkilling society is possible. This is a society in which there is no killing of humans and threaths to kill; no weapons specifically designed to kill humans and no legitimizations for using them; and no conditions of society that depend upon threat of use of killing for mainteance or change.

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Political Science: To Kill or Not to Kill?
by Glenn D. Paige
In Social Alternatives (General Edition), Vol. 19, Issue 2 (May, 2000).
ISSN 0155-0306

Summary: Each reader is first asked to reflect upon the question: "Is a nonkilling society possible?" If not, why not? If yes, why?. For the purpose of the question, a nonkilling society is taken to be a human community from smallest to largest encompassing all humankind that has the following characteristics: There is no killing of humans, at least, and no threats to kill. There are no weapons for killing ("hardware") and no legitimisations, justifications, or permissions to kill ("software"). And there are no conditions of society that depend for maintenance or change upon the threat or use of lethal force. That is, a nonkilling society is taken to be one in which humans neither kill nor threaten to kill each other

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The Case for Nonkilling Global Political Science in Service to Nonkilling Global Transformation
by Glenn D. Paige
In Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO), Columbia University Press, 2000.
International Studies Association Working Paper.

Summary: Prepared for the panel on "Nonkilling Global Political Science," organized and chaired by Professor Burton M. Sapin, at the 41st Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Los Angeles, California, March 14-18, 2000. For this purpose a nonkilling society is taken to be a human community from smallest to largest encompassing all humankind that has the following characteristics. There is no killing of humans, at least, and no threats to kill. There are no weapons for killing ("hardware") and no legitimizations, justifications, or permissions to kill ("software"). And there are no conditions of society that depend for maintenance or change upon the threat or use of lethal force. That is, a nonkilling society is taken to be one in which humans neither kill nor threaten to kill each other (...).

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殺戮なき朝鮮半島－朝鮮半島における平和構造の構築－
("Nonkilling Korea: Building a Peace Structure on the Korean Peninsula")
グレン・ペイジ (by Glenn D. Paige)
Translated by Hideki Nakashima
In Hiroshima Peace Science / Hiroshima Heiwa Kagaku, Vol.23 (2001), pp. 123-148.
ISSN 0386-3565

Summary: Is a nonkilling Korea possible? If not, why not? If yes, why? But what is meant by a 'nonkilling Korea?' For present purposes let it be Korea, people and peninsula, distinguished by the following characteristics: No killing of Koreans by Koreans and no threats to kill; No killing of Koreans by foreigners - Americans, Chinese, Japanese, Russians, various UN contingents, or by any other people - and no threats to kill; No killing of foreigners by Koreans or threats to kill; No weapons for killing targeted by Koreans against each other, by foreigners against Koreans, and by Koreans against foreigners; No ideological doctrines - political, religious, military, economic, legal, customary, or academic - that provide permissions for Koreans to kill Koreans, for foreigners to kill Koreans, and for Koreans to kill foreigners; and No conditions of Korean society - political, economic, social, and cultural- or relationships between Koreans and foreigners that can only be maintained or changed by threat or use of killing force.

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A Nonkilling Korea: From Cold-War Confrontation to Peaceful Coexistence
by Glenn D. Paige
In Social Alternatives (Nonviolence in Principle And Action), Vol. 21, Issue 2, (Autumn, 2002).
ISSN 0155-0306

Summary: Is a nonkilling Korea possible? If not, why not? If yes, why? But what is meant by a 'nonkilling Korea?' For present purposes let it be Korea, people and peninsula, distinguished by the following characteristics: No killing of Koreans by Koreans and no threats to kill; No killing of Koreans by foreigners - Americans, Chinese, Japanese, Russians, various UN contingents, or by any other people - and no threats to kill; No killing of foreigners by Koreans or threats to kill; No weapons for killing targeted by Koreans against each other, by foreigners against Koreans, and by Koreans against foreigners; No ideological doctrines - political, religious, military, economic, legal, customary, or academic - that provide permissions for Koreans to kill Koreans, for foreigners to kill Koreans, and for Koreans to kill foreigners; and No conditions of Korean society - political, economic, social, and cultural- or relationships between Koreans and foreigners that can only be maintained or changed by threat or use of killing force.

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Special Issue on Glenn Paige and Nonkilling Political Science
Articles by N. Radhakrisnan, Glenn D Paige, Anis Hamadeh, Balwant Bhaneja, Gopinatha Pillai, S. Jayapragasam, N. Vasudevan, Richard Deats, et al.
In Journal of Peace and Gandhian Studies, Vol.5, No. 1 (2004).

Summary: Professor Glenn D. Paige is one of the foremost champions of the movement for a new Nonviolent International Order which will gradually eliminate violent structures from contemporary lives. He has been vigorously promoting the concept of nonkilling society and global nonkilling political science. This Special Issue on Glenn Paige and Nonklling Global Political Science of the Journal of Peace and Gandhian Studies gathers texts by twenty authors discussing the possibilities of a nonkilling world.

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Korean Leadership for Nonkilling East Asian Common Security
by Glenn D. Paige
In Korea Observer, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Autumn 2006), pp. 547-563.
ISSN 0023-3919

Summary: The concept “nonkilling” is not a customary term in political science but there are grounds for confidence that nonkilling human societies are possible and that political science and related disciplines can play a constructive role in bringing them about. This paper suggests that Korean scholars and leaders have a unique opportunity to explore the implications of nonkilling security theory for the future well-being of the united Korean people and for Korea’s transforming leadership contribution to Nonkilling East Asian Common Security1 and a nonkilling world.

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Makings of a Nonkilling World
by Glenn D. Paige
Introduction by Marshall Sheen
In Tamkang Journal of International Affairs (淡江國際研究), Vol. 10, No. 4 (April 2007), pp. 1-88.
ISSN 1027-4979

Summary: Must killing be a modus vivendi in human affairs? Is nonkilling too far-fetched? Most of us believe that killing is not desirable. Yet humankind continues to kill incessantly, ruthlessly. Why? In the pages that follow, Glenn D. Paige, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Hawai'i and the founder and president of the nonprofit Center for Global Nonviolence, cuts to the chase and takes us through the gamut of problems and issues relating to killing/nonkilling, and provides us with extensive documentation and arguments from various perspectives.

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The Basis of the Nonkilling Belief
by Clayton K. Edwards
In Asteriskos. Journal of International and Peace Studies, Vol. 2 (2007), pp. 33-39.
ISSN 1886-5860

Summary: This essay is nothing more than an appeal to human beings everywhere to take active responsibility to protect human life in all thoughts, words, and deeds. There is no higher moral calling because morality implicates life and the protection of life in its most fundamental definition. It seems that in the management of human affairs, we think and behave as though morality is dependent on our ability to plan and choreograph dangerous killing behavior – perhaps to outkill someone else or to purge ourselves from our own lives.

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De-escalating Media Language of Killing: An instructional module
by Beverly Ann Deepe Keever
In Conflict and Communication Online, Vol. 6, No. 1 (2007), pp. 1-7.
ISSN 1618-0747

Summary: Harnessing substantial academic reseach and citing the first comprehensive summary of violence on a global scale undergirds this online article that elaborates on a companion web-based resource to be posted at www.toda.org. These twinned online productions examine the role of the media in producing a culture of violence and seek to curb its extent and effects. This article and the accompanying webcast describe the approach of Professor Emeritus Glenn Paige, author of Nonkilling Global Political Science, which has been translated into 25 languages. He urges greater media awareness about the importance of: avoiding the inappropriate use of the language of killing and, alternatively, avoiding the use of euphemisms to gloss over or cover up examples of violence. Paige’s arguments and this online article suggest five recommendations for future action.

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Bases transformacionais para um novo paradigma do não matar
by Joám Evans Pim
In Dialogia, Vol. 8, No. 2 (2009), pp. 185-203.
ISSN 1677-1303

Summary (in Portuguese): O termo “não matar”, como apresentado por Paige (2002; 2009), faz referência a uma sociedade onde as mortes intencionais, ameaças de morte intencional e condições que possam levar a mortes intencionais estejam ausentes. Este marco descreve uma transformação profunda para a superação das premissas e presunções sociais fortemente arraigadas na aceitação generalizada da letalidade (em todas as suas formas), assim como a refutação da ciência majoritária que aceita a letalidade, desde as ciências biológicas até as humanidades. O não matar propõe um câmbio de paradigma total (seguindo a Kuhn, 1962), com novos princípios, nova linguagem, novos valores, novos critérios metodológicos e novas ferramentas para a análise dos problemas de pesquisa. Este trabalho apresenta esta nova perspectiva e os fundamentos para a transformação empírica e normativa para um outro paradigma que ela traz associada.

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Oil, Politics, and Conflict in the Niger Delta: A Nonkilling Analysis
by Fidelis Allen and Ufo Okeke-Uzodike
In Africa Peace and Conflict Journal, Vol. 3, No. 2 (2010), pp. 32-42.
ISSN 1659-3944

Summary: A dominant feature of the discourse on the Niger Delta is the role oil plays in politics and conflict in the region. Oil revenue is a motivating factor for the posture of the political class at the national level and is implicated as a cause of violence during elections and in ongoing violence and killings in the delta. Applying Glenn D. Paige’s nonkilling political analytical tool to Nigeria’s current situation indicates that oil-related killing in the Niger Delta is the result of a lack of vision of nonkilling leadership and politics by the state and non-state actors. Only a nonkilling approach to governance and the politics of oil production and distribution of benefits, however, can bring lasting solutions to the conflict in the delta between local justice and environmental groups confronting the actions of the federal government and oil companies.

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Politics of non-violence
by S. P. Udayakumar
In Frontline (India), Vol. 19, Issue 24, (November 23-December 6, 2002).
ISSN 0970-1710

Excerpt: Is a nonkilling society possible? Is a no-killing global political science possible? Attempting to answer these two seemingly simple but profoundly complex questions, the author, a veteran teacher of political science and nonviolence, pronounces a daring yes. In our globalising world, which is marked by a distinct monetary mania, politics is the last thing on people's minds. If and when politics surfaces on the global market's agenda at all, it is often in the contexts of investment security, and more recently, the international campaign against terrorism.

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A Nonkilling Paradigm for Political Scientists, Psychologists, and Others
by Charles E. Collyer
In Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, Vol. 9, Issue 4 (February 2003) , pp. 371-372.
ISSN 1078-1919

Excerpt: The familiar word, nonviolence, is almost comforting in its generality. The word nonkilling, however, confronts and startles us with its specificity. Being less familiar, it challenges us to find out where it came from and how its author means it to be used. Glenn Paige, in Nonkilling Global Political Science, proposes that his discipline adopt as a goal the promotion of a nonkilling world, that is, a world in which people do not kill each other. This is not straightforward, because traditional political science is violenc-accepting and killing-tolerant in several ways. Paige aims to provoke a nonkilling reconceptualization of political science and, by extension, psychology, law, economics, and other disciplines. (...)

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Is a nonkilling society possible?
by Paschal Eze
In West Africa, Issue 4366 (March, 10-16, 2003), pp. 40-41.
ISSN -

Excerpt: Challenging and overturning shallow but widelyheld beliefs in anathema to the insouciant but a pleasure to the progressive. It is for those who believe knowledge is not static and resist the temptation to find solace in watertight compartments of concepts and ideals, thus enlarging the coast of knowledge. Professor emeritus Glenn D. Paige's book, Nonkilling Global Political Science, speaks of nothing less, more so with its glaring conceptual clarity and the cascade of buttressing historical, scientific and spiritual evidence of non-violence and nonkilling.

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Nonkilling Global Political Science
by Balwant Bhaneja
In Peace Magazine, January-March (2005), pp. 27.
ISSN -

Excerpt: In the fourth year of the new millennium, war and terrorism are the norm for resolving international conflicts. Has nothing been learned from the bloody wars of the previous century? That's the question asked by Glenn Paige, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Hawaii, in Nonkilling Global Political Science. Paige argues that if political scientists do not seriously challenge the acceptance of lethality, then one could hardly expect citizens to do so. He also asks: "Is a nonkilling global society feasible?" then challenges his discipline, asking whether a nonkilling global political science is achievable. On both counts, his answer is a resounding "yes".

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A Nonkilling Paradigm for Political Problem Solving
by Balwant Bhaneja
In Asteriskos. Journal of International and Peace Studies, Vol. 1 (2006), pp. 273-277.
ISSN 1886-5860

Excerpt: We are about to enter the sixth year of the new millennium, and war and terrorism remain the norm to resolve international conflicts. All the experience of bloody wars of the previous century and the wisdom thereby gained seems to have been wasted. Professor Glenn Paige in his recent book, Nonkilling Global Political Science argues if political scientists, scholars who dedicate their lives to the study of political power in its multi-faceted manifestations do not challenge seriously the assumption of lethality, then why would one expect political leaders and citizens of the world to do so. Is a nonkilling global society feasible? Paige in this path-breaking book asks this simple yet profound question, but goes a step further to challenge his discipline, questioning, Is a nonkilling global political science achievable? On both counts, through insightful analysis and substantive evidence, his answer is a resounding "Yes!"

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Towards a Nonkilling Sri Lanka
by Kumar Rupesinghe
In Daily Mirror (Colombo, Sri Lanka), Friday, 21 September 2007.
ISSN -

Excerpt: The most precious gift on earth is life. Whatever may be the causes for the killings, societies tolerating or being observers of the killing of others are societies living in the shadow of barbarism. Has Sri Lanka reached such as situation? Whether it is in the North or South, people in the country are increasingly subjected to killings due to varied forms of violence. The killings carried out in the name of war are being justified increasingly. We are living in a culture of impunity. On 21st September 2007, we will be engaged in Satyagraha at different locations island wide, including at Hyde Park grounds in Colombo, bringing together approximately 35,000 people from all walks of life to protest against this rising culture of violence and impunity (...).

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"Nonkilling and Systems Sciences:What Contributions can Systems Sciences Make to Nonkilling Korean and Global Transformation?" (chapter)
by Glenn D. Paige (Edited by Yong Pil Rhee)
In Complexity of Korean Unification Process: Systems Approach, pp. 1-22.
(Seoul: Seoul National University Press)
ISBN 8970963243 (1998)

Summary: Science proceeds by asking questions over time. However we calculate social time, now is appropriate at the end of a murderous era to question whether human beings can stop killing each other. Is a nonkilling society, from local to global, possible? If no, why not? If yes, why?

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"A Question for the Systems Sciences: Is a Nonkilling Society Possible?" (chapter)
by Glenn D. Paige (Edited by Yong Pil Rhee)
In Toward New Paradigm of Systems Science, pp. 409-416.
(Seoul: Seoul National University Press)
ISBN 8952100654 (1999)

Summary: Science proceeds by asking questions over time. However we calculate social time, now is appropriate at the end of a murderous era to question whether human beings can stop killing each other. Is a nonkilling society, from local to global, possible? If no, why not? If yes, why?

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비살생 정치학과 지구평화운동 (in Korean)
(Pisalsaeng chongch’ihak gwa chigu p’yonghwa undong. Glenn D. Paige kyosu ui hakmun segye)
(Nonkilling Political Science and the Global Peace Movement. Glenn D. Paige and his Scholarship)
한배호...[등저] ; 안청시 편
ISBN 893031117293340 (2004)

Summary: A scholarly tribute to Glenn D. Paige's academic work. Includes "From the Korean War to Nonkilling Global Political Science: Korea and Glenn D. Paige's Scholarship" by Chung-Si Ahn and Bong-Scuk Sohn; "Glenn D. Paige and Study of the Korean War" by Dae-hwa Chung; "Glenn D. Paige's 'Rediscovery of Politics' and Political Leadership Studies: From Violence to Nonviolence" by Yoon-jae Chung; "Nonviolent Politics of Glenn D. Paige" by Jae-Bong Lee; "On Political Science Knowledge and Nonkilling as Value: A Nonviolence Critique of Glenn D. Paige's Nonkilling Global Political Science" by Chaiwat Satha-Anand; "Glenn D. Paige and Japan in Search of Nonviolent Tradition" by Hidekazu Sakai; "Nonviolent Unification of Korea through Neutralization" by Jong-il Kang; "The Necessary Conditions for Peace on the Korean Peninsula: The Creation of a Peace Culture" by Soo Min Kim and "Nonkilling Korea: Building a Peace Structure on the Korean Peninsula" by Glenn D. Paige.

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