Exploring the Power of Nonviolence: Peace, Politics, and Practice

by Elavie Ndura (Editor), Randall Amster (Editor)

Overview

The new millennium finds humanity situated at critical crossroads. While there are many hopeful signs of cross-cultural engagement and democratic dialogue, it is equally the case that the challenges of warfare and injustice continue to plague nations and communities around the globe. Against this backdrop, there exists a powerful mechanism for transforming crises into opportunities: the philosophy and practice of nonviolence. The expert authors brought together in this volume collectively deploy the essential teachings of nonviolence across a spectrum of contemporary issues. From considering the principles of the French Revolution and encouraging peace through natural resource management to exploring multiculturism and teaching peace in the elementary classroom, this work is broad in scope yet detailed in its approach to the fundamental principles of nonviolence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815633440
Publisher:	Syracuse University Press
Publication date:	12/24/2013
Series:	Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Randall Amster is director of the Program on Justice and Peace at Georgetown University. Elavie Ndura is professor of education at George Mason University.

Table of Contents

Foreword Michael N. Nagler ix

Preface Randall Amster xiii

Acknowledgments Randall Amster Elavie Ndura xvii

Introduction: Love-Force and Total Revolution: Twenty-First-Century Challenges to Global Nonviolence Matt Meyer Elavie Ndura 1

Part 1 Histories and Theories of Nonviolence

1 Varieties of Nonviolence and Cultural Change

World History Lessons for Our Global Present and Future Antony Adolf 21

2 Historicizing Nonviolent Protest

The Role of the French Revolution Micah Alpaugh 41

3 "I Was and Am"

Historical Counternarrative as Nonviolent Resistance in the United States Jenice L. View 57

4 Traditional Indigenous North Americans, Nature, and Peace Pat Lauderdale 78

Part 2 Nonviolent Movements

5 Nonviolent Civil Insurrections and Pro-Democracy Struggles Stephen Zunes 99

6 Apathy, Aggression, Assertion, and Action

Managing Image for Nonviolent Success Tom H. Hastings 117

7 Our Actions Are Louder than Words

Gender, Power, and a Nonviolent Movement toward Peace Supriya Baily 135

8 From the Headwaters to the Grassroots

Cooperative Resource Management as a Paradigm of Nonviolence Randall Amster 150

Part 3 Nonviolence Pedagogy

9 Direct Education

Learning the Power of Nonviolent Action George Lakey 171

10 Teaching Peace in Higher Education

The Role of Creativity Laura L. Finley 189

11 Fostering a Culture of Nonviolence through Multicultural Education Elavie Ndura 206

Part 4 Ethics and Practices of Nonviolence

12 Bowen Theory and Peacemaking

Human Evolution through Nonviolent Conflict Resolution Wayne F. Regina 223

13 Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Conflict Transformation Tülin Levitas 240

14 Toward a Moral Psychology of Nonviolence

The Gandhian Paradigm Nancy E. Snow 253

Conclusion: Cultivating Transformative Wisdom and the Power of Peace to Create Futures of Nonviolence Elavie Ndura Randall Amster 268

References 275

Contributors 311

Index 315

Editorial Reviews

The scope of Exploring the Power of Nonviolence is breathtaking. The collected essays move from theory to history, case studies, and practices, and include an entire section on pedagogy.

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

The scope of Exploring the Power of Nonviolence is breathtaking. The collected essays move from theory to history, case studies, and practices, and include an entire section on pedagogy.

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology