Nonviolent Resistance as a Philosophy of Life
Gandhi?s Enduring Relevance
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Academic
- Date of Publication 14 January 2021
- Number of Volumes Hardback
- ISBN 9781350168299
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages168 pages
- Size 216x138 mm
- Weight 345 g
- Language English 162
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What do we mean by nonviolence? What can nonviolence achieve? Are there limits to nonviolence and, if so, what are they? These are the questions the Iranian political philosopher and activist Ramin Jahanbegloo tackles in his journey through the major political advocates of nonviolence during the 20th century.
While nonviolent resistance has accompanied human culture from its earliest beginnings, and representations of nonviolence in Eastern religions like Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism are ubiquitous, it is only in 20th century that it emerged as a major preoccupation of figures such as Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa and Václav Havel. Focusing on examples of their way of thinking in different cultural, geographic and political contexts, from the Indian Independence Movement and US Civil rights and Anti-Apartheid movement to the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and nonviolent protests in Tunisia, Iran, Serbia and Hong-Kong, Jahanbegloo explores why nonviolence remains relevant as a form of resistance against injustice and oppression around the world.
With balanced readings of central players and events, this comparative study of a pivotal form of resistance written by accomplished scholar of Gandhi presents convincing reasons to commit to nonviolence, reminding us why it matters to the development of contemporary political thought.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Introduction: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
1. The Limits of Violence
2. An Obligation to Dissent and to Disobey: Henry David Thoreau and After
3. Bringing Ethics into Politics: The Gandhian Satyagraha
4. The Strength of Love: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Cosmic Companionship
5. Reconciliation and Negotiation: Nelson Mandela and Vaclav Havel
6. The Seeds of Compassion: Mother Teresa and Dalai Lama
Conclusion: Limits of Nonviolence
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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