Ramin Jahanbegloo

Introduction to Nonviolence

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Non-violent movements, under figures like Gandhi and the Dalai Lama, led to some of the great social changes of the 20th century, and some argue it offers solutions for this century's problems. This book explores non-violence from its roots in diverse religious and philosophical traditions to its role in bringing social and political change today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL / Macmillan Education / Red Globe Press
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9780230361294
• ISBN-10: 0230361293
• Artikelnr.: 39743113

Autorenporträt

Ramin Jahanbegloo is Professor and Vice Dean at Jindal Global Law School, India, and Director of the Mahatma Gandhi Centre on Nonviolence and Peace Studies at O.P. Jindal Global University, India.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introducing Nonviolence
2. Non-Violence in Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism
3. Christianity and Nonviolence
4. Islam and Nonviolence
5. Philosophical Foundations of Nonviolence
6. Gandhi and Nonviolence
7. Pragmatic Nonviolence
8. Critiques of Nonviolence
9. Nonviolence in Twentieth Century
10. Nonviolence in Twenty-First Century
Conclusion: Democracy and Nonviolence.

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1. Introducing Nonviolence.- 2. Non-Violence in Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism.- 3. Christianity and Nonviolence.- 4. Islam and Nonviolence.- 5. Philosophical Foundations of Nonviolence.- 6. Gandhi and Nonviolence.- 7. Pragmatic Nonviolence.- 8. Critiques of Nonviolence.- 9. Nonviolence in Twentieth Century.- 10. Nonviolence in Twenty-First Century.- Conclusion: Democracy and Nonviolence.