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Zusatztext Chibli Mallat invites us to think about what has been obscured by the reactionary turn in the ongoing revolutions in the Arab world: the non-violent origins of the revolts, and the possibilities of nonviolent action following violent turns. Structured around the three central themes of revolution, constitutionalism, and justice, he shows the necessary links between strategies, institutional arrangements, and the telos of political change. Moving back and forth between revolutionary France and the present Middle East, and between philosophical discourse and constitutional proposals, Mallat's Philosophy of Nonviolence makes a plea for a fine-grained processual analysis to frame these revolutions, whose significance goes beyond their specific locales to our collective futures. This inspiring and erudite book deserves a wide readership. Informationen zum Autor Chibli Mallat serves as Presidential Professor of Law and Professor of Law and Politics of the Middle East at the S.J. Quinney School of Law at the University of Utah. He also holds the EU Jean Monnet Chair of European Law at Saint Joseph's University in Lebanon. Klappentext Philosophy of Nonviolence maps out a system articulating nonviolence in the revolution, the rule of constitutional law it yearns for, and the demand for accountability that inspired the revolution in the first place. Zusammenfassung Philosophy of Nonviolence maps out a system articulating nonviolence in the revolution, the rule of constitutional law it yearns for, and the demand for accountability that inspired the revolution in the first place. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface General Introduction 1. The Middle East Nonviolent Revolution: A philosophical manifesto Part I- Revolution 2. Introduction- Nonviolence between order of reasons and decrees of reality 3. A brief history of nonviolence in the Middle East 4. Shattered political language: Reconstructing a humanist culture of nonviolence 5. Nonviolence: The central philosophical paradox 6. Conclusion- Rhythms of nonviolence Part II- Constitutionalism 7. Introduction 8. Caveat: Against Secession 9. Constitutional ruins and unfathomable politics of transition 10. Constitution-writing: LEJFARC's universal template 11. Middle Eastern constitutionalism 12. Conclusion- Constitutionalism and nonviolence Part III- Justice 13. Introduction- The order of reasons restated 14. 'Dictatorship is a crime against humanity' 15. Middle Eastern precedents and universal trends 16. The pyramid of accountability 17. Justice and nonviolence 18. Coda: on foreign intervention and nonviolence 19. Epilogue-The 2011 Anima Bibliography Index ...
