The Routledge Handbook of Pacifism and Nonviolence

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-57227-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 418 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 741 g

Reihe: Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy

Interest in pacifism—an idea with a long history in philosophical thought and in several religious traditions—is growing. The Routledge Handbook of Pacifism and Nonviolence is the first comprehensive reference designed to introduce newcomers and researchers to the many varieties of pacifism and nonviolence, to their history and philosophy, and to pacifism’s most serious critiques. The volume offers 32 brand new chapters from the world’s leading experts across a diverse range of fields, who together provide a broad discussion of pacifism and nonviolence in connection with virtue ethics, capital punishment, animal ethics, ecology, queer theory, and feminism, among other areas. This Handbook is divided into four sections: (1) Historical and Tradition-Specific Considerations, (2) Conceptual and Moral Considerations, (3) Social and Political Considerations, and (4) Applications. It concludes with an Afterword by James Lawson, one of the icons of the nonviolent American Civil Rights movement. The text will be invaluable to scholars and students, as well as to activists and general readers interested in peace, nonviolence, and critical perspectives on war and violence.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fiala, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction Andrew Fiala

Part I: Historical and Tradition-Specific Considerations

- A History of the Idea of Pacifism and Nonviolence: Ancient to Modern

Duane L. Cady

- Nonviolence and Pacifism in the Long Nineteenth Century

Michael Allan Fox

- Pacifism in the Twentieth Century and Beyond

Andrew Fiala

- Christian Pacifism

Daniel A. Dombrowski

- Peace and Nonviolence in Islam

Ramin Jahanbegloo

- Philosophy of Nonviolence in Africa

Gail M. Presbey

- Nonviolence in the Dharma Traditions: Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism

Veena R. Howard

- The Gandhi-King Tradition and Satyagraha

Barry L. Gan

Part II: Conceptual and Moral Considerations

- Pacifism and the Concept of Morality

Robert L. Holmes

- Peace: Negative and Positive

David Boersema

- The Pacifist Critique of the Just War Tradition

Cheyney Ryan

- Contingent Pacifism

Paul Morrow

- Humanitarian Intervention and the Problem of Genocide and Atrocity

Jennifer Kling

- Virtue Ethics and Nonviolence

David K. Chan

- Personal Pacifism and Conscientious Objection

Eric Reitan

- Pacifism: Does it Make Moral Sense?

Jan Narveson

- Pacifism as Pathology

José-Antonio Orosco

Part III: Social and Political Considerations

- The Triumph of the Liberal Democratic Peace and the Dangers of Its Success

Fuat Gursozlu

- Human Rights and International Law

Robert Paul Churchill

- Hospitality, Identity, and Cosmopolitanism: Antidotes to the Violence of Otherness

Eddy M. Souffrant

- Warism and the Dominant Worldview

Duane L. Cady

- The Military-Industrial Complex

William Gay

- Feminism and Nonviolent Activism

Danielle Poe

- Queer Oppression and Pacifism

Blake Hereth

Part IV: Applications

- Care Theory, Peacemaking, and Education

Nel Noddings

- Becoming Nonviolent: Sociobiological, Neurophysiological, and Spiritual Perspectives

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Fiala is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Ethics Center at Fresno State University, USA. A former president of Concerned Philosophers for Peace, his publications include The Just War Myth (2008), Public War, Private Conscience (2010), The Bloomsbury Companion to Political Philosophy (editor, 2015), Ethics: Theory and Contemporary Issues, 9th edition (with Barbara MacKinnon, 2017), and Transformative Pacifism (forthcoming).