Barry L. Gan

Violence and Nonviolence (eBook, PDF)

An Introduction

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Violence and Nonviolence: an Introduction critiques five dominant societal views about violence and nonviolence. Using evidence from scientific studies as well as anecdotal evidence and news reports, esteemed scholar and editor Barry L. Gan shows readers that these widely adopted and violent views are largely mistaken, and require a fundamental rethinking and adjustment. By synthesizing new research with old philosophies, Gan introduces readers to an alternative paradigm of nonviolence through which we can begin to build a more peaceful world. Nonviolent strategic action - a kind of selective nonviolence - is the first of the two alternative paradigms that provides a concrete approach to addressing social and political problems arising from violence. Nonviolence as a way of life is the second of the paradigms that expands upon (and in some respects critiques) the first, preferring a comprehensive and radical response to the scourges of violence that have plagued human history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798765182338
• Artikelnr.: 74843115

Autorenporträt

Barry L. Gan is professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Nonviolence at St. Bonaventure University. He is editor of the journal The Acorn: Journal of the Gandhi-King Society and has co-edited the anthology, Nonviolence in Theory and Practice with Robert L. Holmes.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Violence
Chapter 1: Molded by Myths
Chapter 2: The Myth of Physical Violence
The Common View
The Problem with the Common View
But Where Is the Violence in These Examples?
A Confusion?
Conclusion
Chapter 3: The Myth of Good Guys and Bad Guys
The Myth at Work
Deconstructing the Myth
Overcoming the Myth
Chapter 4: The Myth of Necessary Violence
A More Charitable Interpretation
The Difficulty with the Charitable Interpretation
The Practical Relevance of Means to Ends
Chapter 5: The Myth of Effective Punishment
Revenge
Retribution
Punishment as Educative or Rehabilitative
Deterrence
Restitution and Recompense
Conclusion
Part II: Nonviolence
Chapter 6: An Overview of Nonviolence
Chapter 7: Selective Nonviolence
Sharp's Theory of Power
Theories of Nonviolent Strategy
Chapter 8: Toward a Theory of Comprehensive Nonviolence
The Implications of a Fuller Account of Violence
Self-Suffering and Cognitive Dissonance
The Importance of Offering a Choice to One's Adversaries
An Example: Serbia
Some Other Examples: Egypt and Syria
Toward Comprehensive Nonviolence
Chapter 9: Comprehensive Nonviolence
How Comprehensive Nonviolence Addresses the Five Myths
Self-Suffering Can Bring Redemption
If It's About Winning, It's Not Nonviolence