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Gandhi and beyond : nonviolence for a new political age / David Cortright.
Van Pelt Library HM1281 .C6715 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cortright, David, 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nonviolence.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, CO : Paradigm Publishers, [2009]
- Contents:
- 1 Grasping Gandhi 9
- Hindu Roots 11
- Christian Influences 12
- Truth Is God 14
- Means and Ends 17
- Action for Truth 18
- Learning from the Suffragists 20
- Politics and Sainthood 21
- An Aversion to Coercion 25
- Sacrifice and Strength 28
- Courage 30
- Highlights of Gandhi's Life 35
- 2 Gandhi USA 37
- Early Impressions 37
- Cross-fertilizations 41
- A Tool for Social Justice 44
- The Struggle for Peace 47
- 3 Martin Luther King Jr.: An American Gandhi 53
- Gandhi's Example 53
- Christian Roots 55
- Toward a "Realistic Pacifism" 59
- The Power of Love 60
- Divine Inspiration 62
- Sacrifice 65
- Learning by Doing 66
- Applied Gandhianism 69
- 4 Gandhi in the Fields 73
- Origins 74
- Learning Gandhi 76
- La Huelga 79
- Boycotting Grapes and Lettuce 81
- The Boycott: A Powerful Instrument 85
- Fasting 91
- 5 Dorothy Day: A Mission of Love 97
- Conversion 98
- The Catholic Worker 102
- A Gandhian Faith 104
- A Peace Devotion 107
- 6 The Power of Nonviolence 111
- Challenges to Nonviolence 115
- Barbara Deming and Revolutionary Nonviolence 116
- Coercion 121
- Property Damage 123
- The Two Hands 126
- Creative Energy 128
- The Third-Party Effect 130
- The "Great Chain of Nonviolence" 134
- 7 Learning Lessons 137
- A Tale of Two Cities 137
- Project "C" 140
- The Success of the Unruly? 144
- Nonviolence and the Global Justice Movement 146
- Polite Rebels 152
- Toward the Mainstream 153
- Winning While Losing 156
- Iraq: The Continuing Struggle 159
- 8 Gender Matters 163
- Of Love and Lust 166
- Elevating Women 168
- Less Than Equal 170
- The Nature of Women 173
- Battling Sexuality 174
- The "Sacrifice" 176
- "Fleshly Faults" 180
- Overcoming Sexism 183
- Nonviolence and Feminism 186
- 9 Principles of Action 191
- Understanding Power 191
- Organizational Strength 193
- Internet Organizing 195
- Clarifying Goals 196
- Financing Change 199
- The Power of the Media 201
- Evaluating Tactics 204
- Alinsky's Rules 207
- Nonviolence: The Constructive Alternative to Terrorism 211
- Means of Change 215
- What Is Success? 217
- The Long Haul 219
- 10 A Higher Power 223
- A Record of Success 224
- Reversal in the Ranks 226
- Nonviolence and Democracy 229
- Against the Odds 230
- Letter to a Palestinian Student 232.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-273) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781594517686
- 1594517681
- 9781594517693
- 159451769X
- OCLC:
- 318585659
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