Exploring the relations between the concepts of peace and violence with aesthetics, nature, the body, and environmental issues, The Poesis of Peace applies a multidisciplinary approach to case studies in both Western and non-Western contexts including Islam, Chinese philosophy, Buddhist and Hindu traditions. Established and renowned theologians and philosophers, such as Kevin Hart, Eduardo Mendieta, and Clemens Sedmak, as well as upcoming and talented young academics look at peace and non-violence through the lens of recent scholarly advances on the subject achieved in the fields of theology, philosophy, political theory, and environmentalism.

Klaus-Gerd Giesen is Professor of Political Science at the Université d'Auvergne in Clermont-Ferrand, France. He specializes in international relations and political philosophy. More information can be found on his website: www.giesen.fr.

Carool Kersten is Senior Lecturer in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World at King’s College London, UK. He is the author and editor of several books on contemporary Islam, including Islam in Indonesia: The Contest for Society, Ideas and Values (2015), Alternative Islamic Discourses and Religious Authority (2013), Demystifying the Caliphate (2013), and Cosmopolitans and Heretics (2011).

Lenart Škof is Professor of Philosophy and Head of the Institute for Philosophical Studies at the Science and Research Centre Koper, Slovenia, and Professor at Alma Mater Europaea, Maribor, Slovenia. He is also Visiting Professor of Religion at the Faculty of Theology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He recently co-edited Breathing with Luce Irigaray (2013) and is an author of several books, among them Pragmatist Variations on Ethical and Intercultural Life (2012) and Breath of Proximity: Intersubjectivity, Ethics and Peace (2015). He is President of the Slovenian Society for Comparative Religion. More information can be found at: http://upr-si.academia.edu/LenartŠkof.