Nonviolent Resistance as a Philosophy of Life
Nonviolent Resistance as a Philosophy of Life What do we mean by nonviolence? Are there limits to nonviolence and, if so, what are they? What can nonviolence achieve? Focusing on examples of their…
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Nonviolent Resistance as a Philosophy of Life
What do we mean by nonviolence? Are there limits to nonviolence and, if so, what are they? What can nonviolence achieve?
Focusing on examples of their way of thinking in different cultural, geographic and political contexts, from the Indian Independence Movement and US Civil rights and Anti-Apartheid movement to the Velvet Revolution in These are the questions the Iranian political philosopher and activist Ramin Jahanbegloo tackles in his journey though the major political advocates of nonviolence during the 20th century.While nonviolent resistance has accompanied human culture from its earliest beginnings, and representations of nonviolence in Eastern religions like Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism are ubiquitous, it is only in 20th century that it emerged as a major preoccupation of figures such as Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa and V clav Havel.