Advancing nonviolence and social transformation : new perspectives on nonviolent theories / edited by Heather Eaton and Lauren Michelle Levesque.
Contributor(s): Eaton, Heather [editor.]
| Levesque, Lauren Michelle [editor.]
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TextPublisher: Sheffield, UK ; Bristol, CT : Equinox Publishing Ltd., 2016Description: xii, 364 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781781794722; 1781794723Subject(s): Nonviolence | Social changeDDC classification: 303.6/1 LOC classification: HM1281 | .A335 2016Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-350) and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-350) and index.
Introduction: current trends and new perspectives on nonviolent theories / Heather Eaton -- Part I. Historical perspectives -- Religion and non-violence / Christopher Key Chapple -- The Gandhian vision of democracy / Ramin Jahanbegloo -- Power perfected in weakness: the paradox of fighting for peace / Alain Tschudin -- A brief history of power of nonviolence in Canada / Tamara Lorincz -- Gandhi in action: nonviolent movements, Gandhi, and contemporary challenges / Rajogopal P.V. and Jill Carr-Harris -- Part II. Philosophical and theoretical considerations -- Violence and politics: a reading of Hannah Arendt's distinction between violence and power / Sophie Cloutier -- Victory: a vacuous concept? / Richard Feist -- Reflecting on Gandhian nonviolence: is it a counsel of perfection for religious virtuosi? / Noel A. Salmond -- No to war and yes to so much more: Pope Francis, principled nonviolence, and positive peace / Christopher Hrynkow -- Part III. Nonviolence and social resistance -- Indigenous voices: Come my way / Tara Williamson -- #IdleNoMore in historical context / Glen Coulthard -- The idle no more manifesto / Jessica Gordon and the Founders of Idle No More -- Revolutionary acts of nonviolence disempowers opposition / Waneek Horn-Miller -- Sex, gender, and nonviolent resistance to human trafficking: an NGO's response / Eileen Kerwin Jones -- Women seeking safety: nonviolent responses to intimate partner violence / Catherine Holtmann -- Instrumentalizing the ambiguity of violence in the Carré Rouge: the Quebec student crisis of 2012 / Marie Boglari and Martin Samson -- Part IV. Nonviolence and ecological concerns -- Being in 'rights' relationship with animals: the importance of political visibility for animals / Nathan Townend -- Deep green violence: our animal bodies as sites of resistance / Todd LeVasseur -- Nurturing peace by subverting violence in the larger community / Paul Waldau -- Part V. Nonviolence and future directions -- Wondering about wonder as an antidote to our violence against earth / Simon Appolloni -- Music and nonviolence: reflections on possibility and hope / Lauren Michelle Levesque -- The case for child honouring / Raffi Cavoukian -- Violence, nonviolence, anti-violence and contra-violence in environmental education practice / Richard Kool.