The pacifist impulse in historical perspective / / edited by Harvey L. Dyck

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455664203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1996; ©1996
• ISBN: 1-282-00815-3; 9786612008153; 1-4426-8200-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (459 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.6/6
• Soggetti: Pacifism - History; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Essays in honour of Peter Brock all but one of which were presented at an international conference on The pacifist impulse in historical perspective, May, 1991 at the University of Toronto.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1 Peter Brock as a Historian of World-wide Pacifism: An Appreciation -- 2 Ten Distinctions for Peace Historians -- 3 Thinking about Peace in History -- 4 Jacob ter Meulen and Bart de Ligt as Pioneers of Peace History -- Introduction -- 5 Non-violence and Women's Resistance in Early Christianity -- 6 War as a Moral Problem in the Early Church: The Historian's Hermeneutical Assumptions -- 7 Anabaptists and the Sword Revisited: The Trend from Radicalism to Apoliticism -- 8 The Brethren and Non-resistance -- 9 The ‘Lamb’s War’ and the Origins of the Quaker Peace Testimony -- 10 ‘The Things That Make for Peace’ The Context of Pacifism in Quaker Pennsylvania -- 11 Quaker Women and the Pacifist Impulse in Britain, 1900-1920 -- 12 The Quaker Peace Testimony and the Nobel Peace Prize -- 13 Hirhsa and Ahimsa Traditions in Hinduism -- 14 Peace and Non-violence in Buddhism -- 15 Gandhi, Tolstoy, and the Tolstoyans -- 16 Gandhi's Non-violence: Metaphysical, Moral, Political, and International Aspects -- Introduction -- 17 The Reinvention of the 'Just War' among European Pacifists ; before the First World War -- 18 Themes and Contradictions in the American Peace Movement, 1895-1917 -- 19 Pacifism and Revolution: Bertrand Russell and Russia, 1914-1920 -- 20 ‘Transnationalism’ in the Early Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom -- 21 A Question of Respectability and Tactics: Vera Brittain and Food Relief for Occupied Europe, 1941-1944 -- 22 Ambivalence in the Post-Second World War French Peace Movement, 1946-1952 -- 23 The Dilemma of Canadian Pacifists during the Early Cold War Years -- Bibliography: Books and Articles on Peace History by Peter Brock -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume of twenty-three essays appears in recognition of the emergence of peace history as a relatively new and coherent field of learning. Together the essays in this book explore the ideas and activities of persons and groups who, for over two millennia, have rejected war and urged non-violent means of settling conflicts.The essays, organized in four parts, concentrate on the main areas of contemporary scholarship in peace history. `Approaches to Peace History' explores conceptual issues and methods. `Christian Traditions of Pacifism and Non-resistance' covers topics from the problem of non-violence and war in the early church, through Mennonite and Brethren traditions in the sixteenth century, to the present-day Quaker peace testimony. `Gandhi and the Indian Tradition of Non-violence' looks at the role of violence and non-violence in Hindu and Buddhist thought and practice as well as the development of Gandhi's intellectual and moral outlook. `Pacifism and Peace Movements in the Modern World, 1890-1955' considers various aspects of the interrelationship between pacifists and internationalists and the broader movement advocating world peace. Also considered is the role of women in peace movements. The opening and closing chapters pay tribute to the pioneering leadership and scholarly accomplishments of Peter Brock and include a complete bibliography of his work in the field of peace history.