Nonviolence [[electronic resource] ] : an alternative for defeating global terror(ism) / / Senthil Ram and Ralph Summy, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (0 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.325/17
• Soggetto topico: Terrorism - Prevention - International cooperation; Nonviolence; Passive resistance
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: RamSenthil SummyRalph
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: NONVIOLENCE: AN ALTERNATIVE FORDEFEATING GLOBAL TERROR(ISM); NOTICE TO THE READER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; AN IMPORTANT BOOK FROM IPRA; FOREWORD; PART I: INTRODUCTION; NONVIOLENT COUNTER TO GLOBAL TERROR(ISM)AND PARADIGMS OF COUNTER-TERRORISM; PARADIGMS OF COUNTER-TERRORISM; MILITARY MODEL; CRIMINAL MODEL; PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT MODEL; REFERENCES; THE ORIGINS OF VIOLENCE: NEW IDEAS AND NEWEXPLANATIONS AFFECTING TERRORISM; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. FREUD AND THE HUMAN MALAISE; 3. FREUD'S IDEAS LIVE ON IN OTHER DISCIPLINES; 4. THE SEVILLE STATEMENT IS NOT ENOUGH; 5. THE ORIGINS OF NONVIOLENCE ; 6. THE TRANSITION FROM NONVIOLENCE TO VIOLENCE7. THE ROLE OF RELIGION; 8. ANTITHETIC CULTURAL MESSAGES; 9. SECULAR NONVIOLENCE; 10. THE METAPHOR OF MEDICINE; 11. ABOUT SOLDIERS; 12. ABOUT TERRORISTS; 13. CONCLUSION; APPENDIX; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; PART II: NONVIOLENCE AND TERRORISM; SEARCHING FOR AN EXIT IN THECORRIDOR OF FEAR: REVISITING GANDHIAND KING IN TIMES OF TERROR[ISM]; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THE PROBLEM WITH VIOLENT ANTI-TERRORISTACTIONS OF HEROES; THE CAUSAL CHAIN; WHAT DOES GANDHI HAVE TO OFFER?; THE CORRIDOR OF FEAR ; TRANSFORMING THE PRESENT TO CREATE A NEW FUTURE -INSIGHTS FROM GANDHI AND KINGCONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; THE MAHATMA AND THE MUJIHADEEN:GANDHI'S ANSWER TO TERRORISM; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; SEPARATING PERSON FROM DEED; ACKNOWLEDGING THE COUNTER-PRODUCTIVITYOF ALL TERRORISM; ANTIDOTE TO TERRORISM; FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND VIOLENCE; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; TERRORISM AS A BACKFIRE PROCESS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; TERRORISM AND OUTRAGE; WHY TERRORISM BY THE WEAK?; STATE TERRORISM; NONVIOLENT ACTION AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO TERRORISM; NONVIOLENCE AGAINST TERRORISM ; CONCLUSIONACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; UNDERSTANDING THE INDIRECT STRATEGY OFTERRORISM: INSIGHTS FROM NONVIOLENTACTION RESEARCH; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM AS A STRATEGY; THE INDIRECT STRATEGY OF TERRORISM; DYNAMICS OF TERRORISM; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; PART III: NONVIOLENT ISLAM ANDISLAMIC TERRORISM; UNDERSTANDING ISLAMIC TERRORISM:HUMILIATION AWARENESS AND THE ROLEFOR NONVIOLENCE; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; 1. USAMA BIN LADEN'S MESSAGE TO THEMUSLIM WORLD AND THE WEST; 2. INSURGENCY OR TERRORISM? ; 3. NONVIOLENCE AND COUNTER-INSURGENCY:AN IMPOSSIBLE MATCH?CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; TERRORISM, GENDER AND NONVIOLENT ISLAM:THE CASE OF ERITREA; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; A. GENDER, NONVIOLENCE AND ISLAM; B. THE CASE OF ERITREA: THE ERITREAN LIBERATION FRONT; C. THE CASE OF ERITREA: THE ERITREANPEOPLE'S LIBERATION FRONT; D. THE REALITIES OF WOMEN IN/AT WAR; E. 'FREE ERITREA' AND THE AFTERMATH FOR WOMEN; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; THE JAHILIYYA FACTOR?: FIGHTING MUSLIMS'CULTURAL RESISTANCE TO NONVIOLENCE; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION ; THE ABSENT PRECEPT AND THE STRUGGLE AGAINST JAHILIYYA
• Titolo autorizzato: Nonviolence
• ISBN: 1-60692-610-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454733803321
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