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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817602903321

Autore

Losurdo Domenico

Titolo

Non-violence : a history beyond the myth / / Domenico Losurdo ; translated by Gregory Elliott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-0221-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Disciplina

303.6/1

Soggetti

Nonviolence - History

Pacifism - History

Peace movements - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Authorial Note; Introduction; Chapter One: Christian Abolitionism and Pacifism in the United States; Chapter Two: From Pacifist Abolitionism to Gandhi and Tolstoy; Chapter Three: Gandhi and the Socialist Movement; Chapter Four: The Anti-Colonialist Movement, Lenin's Party, and Gandhi's Party; Chapter Five: Non-Violence in the Face of Fascism and the Second World War; Chapter Six: Martin Luther King as the "Black Gandhi" and Afro-American Radicalism; Chapter Seven: Gandhi's Global Reputation and the Construction of the Non-Violent Pantheon

Chapter Eight: From Gandhi to the Dalai Lama?Chapter Nine: "Non-Violence," "Color Revolutions," and the Great Game; Chapter Ten: A Realistic Non-Violence in a World Prey to Nuclear Catastrophe; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>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.</span></span>