Non-Violence - A History Beyond the Myth

This book embraces two centuries of the history of non-violence, reconstructing the great historical crises that this movement has faced. In this book the historical reconstruction is intertwined with the philosophical and psychological analysis of the moral dilemmas that great historical crises inevitably imply.

List of contents

Introduction: From the Broken Promises of Perpetual Peace to Non-Violence
1. Christian Abolitionism and Pacifism in the USA
2. From Pacifist Abolitionism to Gandhi and Tolstoy
3. Gandhi and the Socialist Movement: Violence as Discrimination?
4. The Anti-Colonialist Movement, Lenin's Party, and Gandhi's Party
5. Non-Violence in the Face of Fascism and the Second World War
6. Martin Luther King as the "Black Gandhi" and Afro-American Radicalism
7. Gandhi's Global Reputation and the Construction of the Non-Violent Pantheon
8. From Gandhi to the Dalai Lama?
9. "Non-Violence," the "Color Revolutions," and the Great Game
10. A Realistic Non-Violence in a World Prey to Nuclear Catastrophe

About the author

By Domenico Losurdo - Translated by Gregory C. Elliott

Summary

This book embraces two centuries of the history of non-violence, reconstructing the great historical crises that this movement has faced. In this book the historical reconstruction is intertwined with the philosophical and psychological analysis of the moral dilemmas that great historical crises inevitably imply.

Product details

• Authors: Domenico Losurdo, Losurdo Domenico
• Assisted by: Gregory Elliott (Translation), Elliott Gregory C. (Translation)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9781498502214
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-0221-4
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Political activism, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Violence in society, Political science and theory, Violence and abuse in society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice, Political activism / Political engagement