Feminist, educator, Quaker, and physicist, Ursula Franklin has long been considered one of Canada’s foremost advocates and practitioners of pacifism. The Ursula Franklin Reader: Pacifism as a Map is a comprehensive collection of her work, and demonstrates subtle, yet critical, linkages across a range of subjects: the pursuit of peace and social justice, theology, feminism, environmental protection, education, government, and citizen activism. This thoughtful collection, drawn from more than four decades of research and teaching, brings readers into an intimate discussion with Franklin, and makes a passionate case for how to build a society centered around peace.
Professor Ursula Franklin is a pacifist, an environmentalist, a feminist, and a social thinker remarkable for her originality… In her research and in her social activism, Ursula Franklin has lived the life of a pioneer.
– McGill University citation, honorary degree of Doctor of Science, 2006
Acknowledgements | |
Introduction | by Michelle Swenarchuk |
Prelude | |
Chapter 1 | The Pursuit of Peace: Pacifism as a Map |
Chapter 2 | Here and Now: The Technological World |
Chapter 3 | Coping with and Changing the Technological World |
Chapter 4 | Teaching and Learning |
From Ursula's Bookshelf |