The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of PeaceBeacon Press, 2002 M09 12 - 216 páginas 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. |
Contenido
Let a Man Overcome Anger by Love 520 BC | 3 |
from Essay Towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe 1693 | 5 |
from War 1838 | 8 |
Civil Disobedience 1849 | 15 |
from Newer Ideals of Peace 1907 | 39 |
from The Trial of Scott Nearing and the American Socialist Society 1919 | 42 |
My Faith in Nonviolence 1930 | 45 |
Pacifism 1936 | 47 |
The Root of War Is Fear 1962 | 96 |
The Way to Disarmament 1962 | 105 |
Declaration of Independence from the War in Vietnam 1967 | 113 |
Vietnam The Moral Equation 1970 | 125 |
Communities of Resistance A Conversation 1975 | 141 |
from The Fate of the Earth 1984 | 162 |
The Immorality of War A Conversation 1992 | 174 |
The Dilemma of the Absolute Pacifist A Conversation 1992 | 178 |
Our Country Passes from Undeclared War to Declared War We Continue Our Christian Pacifist Stand 1942 | 50 |
from Reflections on War 1933 | 53 |
Neither Victims nor Executioners 1946 | 57 |
Are We Only Paying Lip Service to Peace? 1946 | 74 |
Getting Rid of War 1959 | 83 |
The Case for Unilateral Disarmament 1960 | 92 |
War Is Peace 2001 | 182 |
Whos Being Naive? WarTime Realism through the Looking Glass 2001 | 193 |
2001 | 198 |
credits | 201 |
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The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace Howard Zinn Sin vista previa disponible - 2002 |
The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace Howard Zinn Sin vista previa disponible - 2002 |
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