Part One A Historical : 1. History at Sword's Point? The War-Nurtured Identity of Western Civilization -- 2. The Passion for Utopia -- 3. Peace Movements and Their Organizational Forms: The Seedbed of Peace Cultures -- Part Two Peace Cultures in Action Today : 4. Peaceful Societies and Everyday Behavior -- 5. Breaking New Ground: Feminist Peacemaking -- 6. New Partnerships-Women and Men -- 7. New Partnerships-Children and Adults -- Part Three Conflict Structures and Their Transformation : 8. Peoples and States -- 9. Gaia, the Technosphere, and Development -- 10.Information, Communication, and Learning -- 11. Demilitarization: The Hardest Challenge for States and Civil Society -- 12. A Possible Future