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2002

In seiner Abschiedsvorlesung an der Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule im Juli 2002 diskutiert Professor Kurt R. Spillmann einige der Schwierigkeiten, mit welchen Konfliktforscher konfrontiert werden, sowie die Weise, mit der sie diese Probleme angehen. Der interdisziplinäre Ansatz des Autors selbst zeigt sich in seiner Vorlesung dadurch deutlich, dass er antike griechische Texte, Kunst, Psychologie, Evolutionsbiologie und Ethnologie heranzieht um zu zeigen, wie tief Konflikt in der menschlichen Gesellschaft und im Individuum verankert ist.

In his farewell address at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in July 2002, Professor Kurt R. Spillmann discusses some of the difficulties that conflict researchers face and ways in which they approach these. The author's commitment to an interdisciplinary approach to conflict research is evident in his lecture, as he draws on ancient Greek texts, art, psychology, evolutionary biology, and ethnology to demonstrate how deep-seated conflict is in human society and in the individual.

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Author Kurt R. Spillmann
Series CSS Zürcher Beiträge
Issue 66
Publisher Center for Security Studies (CSS)
Copyright This publication features the text of Professor Kurt R. Spillmanns farewell address, as given on 3 July 2002 in the Auditorium Maximum of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich.
© 2002 Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich.

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