Hung-Yok Ip

Grassroots Activism of Ancient China

Mohism and Nonviolence

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines Mohism as a movement in early China. To analyze how the Mohists pursued power, the author analyzes nonviolence as a goal and strategy of the Mohist movement, the Mohists’ creation of strategic knowledge, and their quest for a personhood that made their activism possible.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 631g
• ISBN-13: 9781793622341
• ISBN-10: 1793622345
• Artikelnr.: 63156381

Autorenporträt

Hung-yok Ip

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction: Mohism and Nonviolence
Chapter 2. Sources and Milieu: A Quick Introduction
Chapter 3. Fighting against Violence: Grassroots Activists and
Transgrassroots Activism
Chapter 4. Early China: Nonviolence, Knowledge, and Personhoods
Chapter 5. The Use of Nonviolence: Mohist Activism and the Mohist
Personhood
Chapter 6. Epilogue: Mohism and the History of Nonviolence
Chapter 7. Epilogue: Mohism, Negotiation, and Conflict Resolution
Chapter 8. Postscript: Mohism, Nonviolence, and Counterviolence
Bibliography
Index
About the Author