Nonviolent Resistance as a Philosophy of Life
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-16829-9 (ISBN)
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.
Ramin Jahanbegloo is Professor and Director of the Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Nonviolence and Peace at O.P. Jindal Global University, India. He is a member of the advisory board of PEN Canada and the winner of the Peace Prize from the United Nations Association in Spain (2009), and more recently the winner of the Josep Palau i Fabre International Essay Prize. He is also the founder of a peace movement called Students for Peace, which has active members in India, Canada and Colombia. His latest book is The Disobedient Indian: Towards a Gandhian Philosophy of Dissent (2018).
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
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.01.2021 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 345 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-16829-7 / 1350168297 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-16829-9 / 9781350168299 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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