Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 481 g
Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 481 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-945843-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Violence as a concept and practice has largely been unsuccessful in preventing or resolving conflicts. In fact, violence as an instinct is opposed to the values that build the foundation of human civilizationrespecting life, diversity, and interdependence within society. The essays in this volume discuss the concept of non-violence in totality and also recognize its vulnerability, particularly in the context of what can be called learned non-violence.
Structured around four themes-religion, protest, the modern condition, and the world today-the book stimulates the reader to consider the practical possibilities of non-violence. In the process it tries to develop an engagement between modern discourses and the ancient vocabulary of the concept.
Delving into the enterprise from different perspectives across disciplines, the contributors offer a rich intersection of not only the past and present, but also various approaches that theorize the concept, thereby visualizing the possibilities of a sustainable moral pedagogy of non-violence.
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
Weitere Infos & Material
- Foreword by Chetan Singh
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction Gangeya - Mukherji
- 1. HimsaAhimsa Debate: Two Mahabharata Episodes - Sibesh Chandra Bhattacharya
- 2. Road Signals to a Non-Violent Society - George Gispert-Sauch
- 3. Religious Disarmament: Metaphor for Tolerance and Dialogue - Rudolf C. Heredia
- 4. Mediating Between Violence and Non-Violence in the Discourse of Protest - Sumanta Banerjee
- 5. Trusteeship and Non-Violence - Ramdas Ganesh Bhatkal
- 6. Martyrdom, Truth, and Non-Violence - J.P.S. Uberoi
- 7. Ahimsa and the Possibility of the Inner Voice - Tridip Suhrud
- 8. Revolutionary Non-Violence: Gandhi in Postcolonial and Subaltern Discourse - Harish Trivedi
- 9. Non-Violence is Old-fashioned: Perceptions of Gandhi and Non-Violence in South Africa - Rehana Vally
- 10. Practising Ahimsa and Practices of Masculinity on the Sinhala Construction Site - Jani de Silva
- 11. Books of Peace - Neelum Saran Gour
- 12. Living Peace: Womens Rituals of Resistance and Remembrance - V. Geetha
- 13. Testimony- J.S. Bandukwala
- 14. Against the Error of Retaliation: A Philosophical Tribute to Ramchandra Gandhi - Arindam Chakrabarti
- Index
- Notes on Editor and Contributors
