Civility, Nonviolent Resistance, and the New Struggle for Social Justice

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-41757-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 342, 274 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 579 g

Reihe: Value Inquiry Book Series / Philosophy of Peace

In Civility, Nonviolent Resistance, and the New Struggle for Social Justice, Amin Asfari brings together scholarly contributions addressing the causes of injustice in its many forms. Predicated on the idea that violence and injustice are systemic and historical, this collection includes chapters that examine the antecedents and effects of prejudice, state-sponsored violence, policies of exclusion, and the social forces that shape and solidify their existence.

Moving beyond ad-hoc, ahistorical, and descriptive explanations of violence and injustice, this volume provides a scholarly, multidisciplinary approach to confronting them. Contributions reflect the many ways in which injustice manifests, and civil, nonviolent means of engagement are emphasized, challenging the very systems that give rise to these notions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Asfari, Amin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Amin Asfari

1 The Language of Civility and Resistance: A Critique of Tolerance and Violence

William Gay

2 Civility, Ethical Democracy, and the Pacific Faith

Andrew Fiala

3 Gandhi, Epictetus, and Political Resistance

Sanjay Lal

4 Howard Thurman and the African American Nonviolence Tradition

Kipton E. Jensen

5 Contesting Religious Governmentality: The Bhakti-Sufi Movements of Medieval India

Farrukh Hakeem

6 Decolonizing Paradigms of Normative Evaluation: The Coloniality of Just War Theory

James R. Walker

7 Cry “Genocide!” for All the Good It Will Do

Paul Wilson

8 The Enlightenment’s Post-9/11 Legacy

Kimberly Baxter

9 Why Do Poor Whites Vote for Republicans When Republicans Hate Them?

Robert Paul Churchill

10 How Mind Viruses and Rhinoceroses Promote Tyranny

Paula Smithka

11 Josef Pieper’s Defense of the Geisteswissenschaften

Rashad Rehman

12 The Quest for Genuine Democracy: A Promise of Democracy to Come

Edward Demenchonok

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Amin Asfari, Ph.D. (2017), is an Associate Professor at Wake Tech College. Recent publications include articles and book chapters dealing with Islamophobia and anti-Semitism. He is currently working on a co-authored book (with Ron Hirschbein) explicating their relationship to conspiracies theories.