Paradoxes of Conflicts [Paperback]

This volume features more than 25 papers that were presented at the 2014 Conference of the International Association for the Study of Controversies, IASC, held at the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy. It looks at conflict and conflict resolution from diverse perspectives, including philosophy, psychology, law, and history.

Coverage explores the paradox of conflict and examines how discord, whether large or small, international or internal, can be both a source of chaos as well as a foundation for unity, a limitation of potential as well as an entryway to a greater depth of living.

Inside, readers will discover thought-provoking answers to such questions as: What are the conditions to ensure that a conflict can be converted into cooperation? If the conflict between interests can be solved by a compromise, what happens when a conflict involves non-negotiable values? In the management of a conflict, what role is played by argumentation? What are the latest perspectives in conflict management? How does the theory of controversies allows us to recognize and resolve conflicts?

By the end of the book, readers will have a better understanding of how conflict can be transcended and how it's possible to redefine the conflicting situation so that what seemed incompatible and locked may, in fact, open a new perspective.

Chapter 1. Emanuela De Riccardis, Giovanni Scarafile. Conflicts in interdisciplinary communication.- Chapter 2. Rodica Amel. Petitio principia. (With reference to doxastic/belief dialectics).- Chapter 3. Francesca Panarello. Divergent perspectives on conflicts; conflicts viewed through the eyes of a magistrate and of an empathetic mediator. A transversal and interdisciplinary approach.- Chapter 5. Alberta Giani. Conflict. The possible dialogue.- Chapter 5. Adriano Fabris. Religious and Cultural tensions and their overcoming in Contemporary World.lcA