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An Introduction to Bertha von Suttner's "Lay Down Your Arms !" (Die Waffen Nieder!"): Part 1 (Chapters 1-3)

An Introduction to Bertha von Suttner's "Lay Down Your Arms !" (Die Waffen Nieder!"): Part 1 (Chapters 1-3)

Released Thursday, 16th September 2021
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An Introduction to Bertha von Suttner's "Lay Down Your Arms !" (Die Waffen Nieder!"): Part 1 (Chapters 1-3)

An Introduction to Bertha von Suttner's "Lay Down Your Arms !" (Die Waffen Nieder!"): Part 1 (Chapters 1-3)

An Introduction to Bertha von Suttner's "Lay Down Your Arms !" (Die Waffen Nieder!"): Part 1 (Chapters 1-3)

An Introduction to Bertha von Suttner's "Lay Down Your Arms !" (Die Waffen Nieder!"): Part 1 (Chapters 1-3)

Thursday, 16th September 2021
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This show focuses Bertha von Suttner's (1843-1914) most famous and well known work, "Lay Down your Arms !". Originally published in the German language in 1889 with the title Die Waffen Nieder!, the first English translation appeared in 1892. Suttner would become the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (in 1905). This show introduces Suttner's book, a fictional autobiography, of 19 chapters. In this show, with Dr. Hope Elizabeth May who founded The Bertha von Suttner Project in 2013 (berthavonsuttner.com), we discuss some of the features of the book, with a focus on the contents of the first 3 chapters.

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The Virtues of Peace

This show draws attention to ideas and personalities - the virtues and moral energies - of the Peace Through Law movement that, unfortunately, remains largely unknown to the public. Our show was launched on the historic day of May 18, 2020. Prior to the U.S. entry into World War I (April 6, 1917), May 18 was widely celebrated in the U.S. as "Peace Day" as it marked the opening day of the 1899 Hague Peace Conference — a watershed moment of the Peace through Law Movement. It was at the 1899 Hague Peace Conference when the process of building international institutions aimed at the non-violent resolution of conflicts began. This accomplishment was a direct outgrowth of the Peace through Law Movement and the advocacy of individuals, many of them women such as Cora di Brazzà (1860-1944) and Bertha von Suttner (1843-1913), who did not have a formal political voice but were footsoldiers of this movement nevertheless. Cora di Brazzà believed that the cornerstone of Peace was not an international institution such as an international Court of Law (though that was indeed necessary). Rather, like Plato, Cora di Brazzà believed that a certain kind of "harmony of the soul" was primary. For her, "Peace through Law" begins with promulgating and obeying an "inner law." As she put it, "one begins with the germ," i.e., with the individual conscience and developing a habit for respecting the Golden Rule and other "Rules of Harmony." Accordingly, Cora di Brazzà developed a sophisticated system of Peace Education in line with this understanding of peace. You can learn about that system and other ideas/personalities involved in the Peace Through Law Movement in this podcast.

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