Domenico Losurdo

Non-Violence

A History Beyond the Myth

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 557g
• ISBN-13: 9781498502191
• ISBN-10: 1498502199
• Artikelnr.: 42057977

Autorenporträt

Domenico Losurdo is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Urbino.

Inhaltsangabe

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