Introduction to nonviolence. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ramin Jahanbegloo.
• Authors: Jahanbegloo, Ramin
• Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Profiles; Acknowledgments; Introduction; What is nonviolence?; Further reading; 1 Nonviolence in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism; Nonviolence in Hinduism; Nonviolence in Jainism; Nonviolence in Buddhism; Further reading; 2 Christianity and Nonviolence; The roots of nonviolence in Jesus Christ; Nonviolence in the Epistles of St Paul; Franciscan nonviolence; Christian nonviolence in the North American context; A new tradition: nonviolence in the work of Thomas Merton; Further reading; 3 Islam and Nonviolence; The roots of nonviolence in the Qur'an. Nonviolence in the contemporary Islamic context: the case of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Maulana Abul Kalam AzadIslam, nonviolence and the state; Further reading; 4 Philosophical Foundations of Nonviolence; Socratic nonviolence; The transcendentalist nonviolence of H.D. Thoreau; Leo Tolstoy and nonviolence; Further reading; 5 Gandhi and Nonviolence; Gandhi's conception of nonviolence; Nonviolence in the Hind Swaraj; Further reading; 6 Pragmatic Nonviolence; Gene Sharp and pragmatic nonviolence; Pragmatic nonviolence in practice; Sharp's four mechanisms of change. Necessary preconditions to changeFurther reading; 7 Critiques of Nonviolence; The role of violence in Marxism; Violence in anarchism; The role of violence in the work of Georges Sorel; The role of violence in the work of Frantz Fanon; The role of violence in the work of Slavoj Zižek; Further reading; 8 Nonviolence in the Twentieth Century; Martin Luther King; Desmond Tutu; Mother Teresa; The Dalai Lama; Aung San Suu Kyi; Further reading; 9 Nonviolence in the Twenty-First Century; The Green Movement in Iran; Otpor: the fall of Yugoslavia's Slobodan Milosevic; The Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia. The revolution in EgyptFurther reading; Conclusion: Democracy and Nonviolence; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 198 pages)
• Subjects: 303.6/1; Religion, Politics & State; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Nonviolence; Peace -- Religious aspects; Peace; Religion & politics; International relations; Nonviolence; Peace -- Religious aspects; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137200693; 1137200693; 1137314265; 9781137314260
• Related ISBNs: 0230361293; 0230361307
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-193) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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