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Non-Violence : A History Beyond the Myth.

Losurdo, Domenico.

Non-Violence : A History Beyond the Myth. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (247 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Authorial Note -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Christian Abolitionism and Pacifism in the United States -- Chapter Two: From Pacifist Abolitionism to Gandhi and Tolstoy -- Chapter Three: Gandhi and the Socialist Movement -- Chapter Four: The Anti-Colonialist Movement, Lenin's Party, and Gandhi's Party -- Chapter Five: Non-Violence in the Face of Fascism and the Second World War -- Chapter Six: Martin Luther King as the "Black Gandhi" and Afro-American Radicalism -- Chapter Seven: Gandhi's Global Reputation and the Construction of the Non-Violent Pantheon -- Chapter Eight: From Gandhi to the Dalai Lama? -- Chapter Nine: "Non-Violence," "Color Revolutions," and the Great Game -- Chapter Ten: A Realistic Non-Violence in a World Prey to Nuclear Catastrophe -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

This book embraces two centuries of the history of non-violence, reconstructing the great historical crises that this movement has faced. In this book the historical reconstruction is intertwined with the philosophical and psychological analysis of the moral dilemmas that great historical crises inevitably imply.

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Gandhi, -- Mahatma, -- 1869-1948.


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