Korhonen, Assi
(2022)
Peace through fighting skills: the spiritual dimensions of budo and how they contribute to micro-level conflict transformation and peacebuilding.
Master thesis, Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation.
Abstract
Even though there is growing interest about how conflicts can be transformed in a way that they result to lasting peace, non-Western and spiritual knowledge have been largely ignored in this quest for more effective strategies towards such peace. This thesis focuses on exploring the spirituality in Japanese martial arts and how it can contribute to conflict transformation and peacebuilding on a micro-level. Specifically, the focus is on Dutch kendo practitioners, their understandings of budo spirituality and how they resolve conflicts in their everyday lives. This thesis argues that budo spirituality manifests as self-development towards control of the self and social situations, which can then be used to balance aggression and control conflicts. As such, this paper illustrates that budo has the potential to teach conflict transformation and peacebuilding skills to individuals.
| Type: |
Thesis
(Master)
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| Supervisors (RUG): |
| Supervisor | E-mail | Tutor organization | Tutor email |
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| Tarusarira, J. | | Faculteit GGW, Religiewetenschap | J.Tarusarira@rug.nl | | Mucciarelli, E. | | Faculteit GGW, Faculteit Godgeleerdheid en Godsdienstwetenschap | e.mucciarelli@rug.nl |
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| Degree programme: |
Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation |
| Academic year: |
2021-2022 |
| Date of delivery: |
17 Feb 2023 08:49 |
| Last modified: |
17 Feb 2023 08:49 |
| URI: |
https://ggw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/727 |
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