Irenology

The irenology term is built starting from the Greek root meaning peace . The irenology is thus the science of peace. The irenology (or peace resarch ) is one of the under-disciplines composing the safety studies. It constitutes during Polémologie which is the study of the conflict phenomena (polemogenes).

Object of the irenology

The irenology has as an aim the comprehension of the origins of the armed conflicts with an aim of moderating them, of preventing or of solving.
basic Postulate : the wars constitute a social pathology having to be éradiquée.

Origin of the irenology

Jan Of Bloch (1836-1902), pacifist and financial Polish, written the war of the future in 1895. It envisages there the character extremely destroying of the industrial wars, which will show quickly the First World War and the wars which will succeed to him. Near to the Tsar of Russia, it will inspire the idea of an International Conference to him on the peace which will become the Conference of $the Hague of 1899.

The Scandinavian school of the peace research

1960, Johan Galtung founds International Peace Research Institute in Oslo.
1966, Alva Myrdal (Nobel Prize of peace 1982) founds Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

The rise of the discipline

In the years 1970, the irenology experiences a strong development in reaction to the Guerre of Vietnam and the terror inspired by a possible nuclear holocaust.

Irenology today

In the world, the research centres on peace amount ajuourd' per hundreds today. After a phase considered militant/gauchist (years 1970) the irenology gained of credibility. It probably became the most interdisciplinary branch of the safety studies associating with the lawyers, political economists, philosophers, sociologists, ethicians, anthropologists and psychologists, even of the ecologists, working with of ONGs, UNO and certain States (Northern Europe)

The discipline is today made up of various fields of research and action which are:

Right of the armed conflicts
Control of the armaments and disarmament (nuclear Disarmament)
international Intervention and maintenance of peace
Prevention and nonviolent resolution of the conflicts
Rebuilding of the companies devastated by the war (After-effect of war, Impact strength)
pacifist Sociologies of movements

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