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050 4 _aHM1281 -- .L678 2015eb
082 0 _a303.6/1
100 1 _aLosurdo, Domenico.
245 1 0 _aNon-Violence :
_bA History Beyond the Myth.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aBlue Ridge Summit :
_bLexington Books/Fortress Academic,
_c2015.
264 4 _c©2015.
300 _a1 online resource (247 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aIntro -- 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.
520 _aThis 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.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aGandhi, -- Mahatma, -- 1869-1948.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aElliott, Gregory C.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aLosurdo, Domenico
_tNon-Violence
_dBlue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic,c2015
_z9781498502191
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=2032754
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