Ebook {Epub PDF} Inventing Peace: A Dialogue on Perception by Wim Wenders

 · Here, Wenders re-establishes the misleading peace–conflict dichotomy that he suggested deconstructing earlier in the conversation. 3 “Peace starts with listening,” and looking, we would like to suggest, helps us listen precisely by starting a new conflict about the meaning(s) assigned to an image. Conflict has social functions and it can be positive for a relationship, provided that the basic . Inspired by various cinematic, philosophical, literary and artistic examples, Wenders and Zournazi reflect on the need for a change of perception in the everyday as well as in the creation of images. In its unique style and method, Inventing Peace demonstrates an approach to peace through sacred, ethical and spiritual means, to provide an alternative to the inhumanity of war and violence.  · In Inventing Peace, Wim Wenders’ and Mary Zournazi's loosely‐organised volume of essays, anecdotes and poetic ruminations, the basic premise is that perception (how we see and how we interpret what we see) is fundamentally related to peace.

Mary Zournazi is Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UNSW. Mary has published numerous books including Inventing Peace with the German Film director Wim Wenders Justice and Love with former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan www.doorway.ru is an award winning documentary film maker, her most recent films are Dogs of Democracy () and My. Wim Wenders and Mary Zournazi, Inventing Peace: a Dialogue on Perception () 5 August imageandpeace_Admin but hard to sell," the filmmaker and photographer Wim Wenders observed in January in a long conversation with the writer and philosopher Mary Zournazi, documented in Inventing Peace (p. 38). Buy Inventing Peace: A Dialogue on Perception by Wim Wenders, Mary Zournazi (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Free UK delivery on eligible orders.

Inventing Peace is a collaboration in the form of a written dialogue, conceived through an evidently pungent friendship between the two and their shared interest in “making peace visible in a new way”, believing that dialogue is “the artful process and flow between people that offers the potential for change” (p). No resolution is offered, naturally, leaving it up to readers to reflect alongside the duo on how to make peace visible and tangible in new ways. Details for: Inventing peace: Normal view MARC view ISBD view. Inventing peace: a dialogue on perception / Wim Wenders and Mary Zournazi. Subject(s): Peace. Inventing Peace is a dialogue between philosopher Mary Zournazi and filmmaker Wim Wenders, taking place in letters, conversations, and journaling. It began as a response to the second Gulf War and Bush’s “War on Terrorism” generally.