Future Peace: Breaking Cycles of Violence through Futures Thinking

Tessa Finlev

Peace ； conflict resolution ； non violence ； futures methodology ； peacebuilding ； prevention ； Kenya

Journal of Futures Studies

16卷3期（2012 / 03 / 01）

47 - 61

英文

Why is it so hard to break out of cycles of violence? This paper focuses on the challenges associated with breaking out of cycles of violence and why futures thinking may provide a potential solution. Research suggests that people living in violence lack the ability to think about a peaceful future, or any future for that matter. Addressing this inability may hold a critical key to breaking out of cycles of violence. While there is mounting theory to support this idea, evidence based research is still lacking.