Transformative pacifism : critical theory and practice /: critical theory and practice. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrew Fiala.
• Authors: Fiala, Andrew, 1966-
• Contents: IntroductionPart 1: TheoryChapter 1: Defending the Indefensiblea) The (Understandable) Failure of Just War Theoryb) The Just War Myth Revisitedc) The Problem of Moral RationalizationChapter 2: Gandhi, Buber, and the Dream of a Great and Lasting Peacea) The Challenge of Nazismb) Fighting Fire with FireC) Quenching and Preventing ViolenceChapter 3: Applied Ethics, Normative Theory, and Critical Social Theorya) The Limits of Applied Ethics b) A Critique of the Pacifism-Realism Continuumc) Pacifism as Normative Theoryd) Analogies: Feminism, Race Theory, Animal Welfare, Ecology, Human Rightse) The Pacific VirtuesChapter 4: On Seeing Structures of Violencea) Structural Violence b) Cultural Violencec) The Frankfurt Schoold) Theory as a Way of SeeingChapter 5: Pacifism, Utopia, and Human Rights a) Critique of Pacifism I: Inconsistentb) Critique of Pacifism II: Immoralc) Critique of Pacifism III: Bourgeois and Reactionaryd) The Human Rights Analogye) A Modest Defense of Utopian Social Theory and PracticePart 2: PracticeChapter 6: The Peaceful Self a) The Soft Nonsense of Spiritual Nonviolenceb) The Strenuous Work of the Peaceful Selfc) Stoicism, Christianity, Buddhismd) Positive PsychologyChapter 7: Domestic Tranquilitya) Domestic violence and family relationsb) Care Ethics and Maternal Thinkingc) The Masculinity Problemd) Peace Begins in the HomeChapter 8: Nonviolent Culture, Cultural Causation, and the Mediaa) Thug Culturesb) The Online Trollsc) Violence and Video Gamesd) Cultural Violence and CausationChapter 9: Nonviolent politics and the economics of peacea) Civility, Hospitality, and Democracyb) Beyond the Profit Motivec) Leadership, Management, and CommunityChapter 10: Beyond Wara) Nonviolent Policing and Weaponryb) The Problem of Military-Industrial-Carceral Complexesc) On a Moral Equivalent of Ward) Pacifism, Anarchism, and CosmopolitanismChapter 11: Eco-pacifisma) Deep Ecology and Nonviolenceb) Toward a Nonviolent Dietc) The Taoist-Epicurean Saged) The Wisdom of Letting BeConclusion: Philosophy as a Practice of Nonviolencea) The Example of Socratesb) Socratic Teachingc) Dialogued) Peace Educatione) Peace PhilosophyBibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 303.66; Pacifism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350039216; 9781350039193
• Related ISBNs: 9781350039209
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