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Author : Jyotirmaya Sharma
Release : 2021
Genre : Ahiṃsā
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Book Rating : 607/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Elusive Non-violence by : Jyotirmaya Sharma
Download or read book Elusive Non-violence written by Jyotirmaya Sharma. This book was released on 2021. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mahatma Gandhi
Release : 1960
Genre : Ahiṃsā
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Book Synopsis My Non-violence by : Mahatma Gandhi
Download or read book My Non-violence written by Mahatma Gandhi. This book was released on 1960. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rajmohan Gandhi
Release : 1997
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 638/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Good Boatman by : Rajmohan Gandhi
Download or read book The Good Boatman written by Rajmohan Gandhi. This book was released on 1997. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new and illuminating portrait of one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi has been the subject of over a dozen well-regarded biographies, yet key aspects of the man still prove elusive. In this book, Rajmohan Gandhi, a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and an acclaimed biographer and scholar, attempts to understand the phenomenon that was Gandhi. This he does by examining in detail dominant and varied themes of Gandhi's life"his unsuccessful bid to keep India united, his attitude towards caste and untouchability; his relationship with those whose empire he challenged; his controversial experiments with chastity; his views on God, truth and non-violence; and his selection of heirs to lead a new-born nation. For a generation growing up on images of a simplified Father of the Nation and apostle of non-violence frozen in statues or reduced to a few predictable strokes of an artist's pen, this biography offers a rewarding insight into the man, his victories and his defeats.
Author : Howard Zinn
Release : 2002-09-12
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 073/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Power of Nonviolence by : Howard Zinn
Download or read book The Power of Nonviolence written by Howard Zinn. This book was released on 2002-09-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no easy way out of the spiraling morass of terror and brutality that confronts the world today. It is time now for the human race to hold still, to delve into its wells of collective wisdom, both ancient and modern.--Arundhati Roy The Power of Nonviolence, the first anthology of alternatives to war with a historical perspective, with an introduction by Howard Zinn about September 11 and the U.S. response to the terrorist attacks, presents the most salient and persuasive arguments for peace in the last 2,500 years of human history. Arranged chronologically, covering the major conflagrations in the world, The Power of Nonviolence is a compelling step forward in the study of pacifism, a timely anthology that fills a void for people looking for responses to crisis that are not based on guns or bombs. Included are some of the most original thinkers about peace and nonviolence-Buddha, Scott Nearing, Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience," Jane Addams, William Penn on "the end of war," Dorothy Day's position on "Pacifism," Erich Fromm, and Rajendra Prasad. Supplementing these classic voices are more recent advocates of peace: Albert Camus' "Neither Victims Nor Executioners," A. J. Muste's impressive "Getting Rid of War," Martin Luther King's influential "Declaration of Independence from the War in Vietnam," and Arundhati Roy's "War Is Peace," plus many others.
Author : Mark Engler
Release : 2016-02-09
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 144/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis This Is an Uprising by : Mark Engler
Download or read book This Is an Uprising written by Mark Engler. This book was released on 2016-02-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a craft to uprising -- and this craft can change the world From protests around climate change and immigrant rights, to Occupy, the Arab Spring, and #BlackLivesMatter, a new generation is unleashing strategic nonviolent action to shape public debate and force political change. When mass movements erupt onto our television screens, the media consistently portrays them as being spontaneous and unpredictable. Yet, in this book, Mark and Paul Engler look at the hidden art behind such outbursts of protest, examining core principles that have been used to spark and guide moments of transformative unrest. With incisive insights from contemporary activists, as well as fresh revelations about the work of groundbreaking figures such as Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Gene Sharp, and Frances Fox Piven, the Englers show how people with few resources and little conventional influence are engineering the upheavals that are reshaping contemporary politics. Nonviolence is usually seen simply as a philosophy or moral code. This Is an Uprising shows how it can instead be deployed as a method of political conflict, disruption, and escalation. It argues that if we are always taken by surprise by dramatic outbreaks of revolt, we pass up the chance to truly understand how social transformation happens.
