Mainstreaming pacifism : conflict, success, and ethics / Sara Trovato.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trovato, Sara, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pacifism.

Physical Description:

xx, 243 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]

Summary:

Mainstreaming Pacifism: Conflict, Success, and Ethics takes on the challenge of addressing the widespread objection that pacifism is ineffective. This book proposes a classification of eleven effectual means to an end (fraud, violence, force, gain, legality, masses, ideology, dialogue, humanity, time, and vulnerability), and it shows how such means have been at work both in the pages of classical political authors (Machiavelli, Montesquieu, Marx, and Gandhi) and throughout history. Sara Trovato not only describes such effectual means theoretically, but also relates them to up-to-date experimental research, observes them in action when conflicts arise, and describes the general laws that govern their functioning. The main goal of this Book is to show that violence is only one of such potentially successful political means. When the political decision is made to act peacefully in international relations, Trovato suggests that apt combinations of nonviolent effectual means may succeed over violence. The challenge taken on in this book is staying faithful to the topic of political success, while offering arguments for a peaceful resolution of conflicts. Trovato's original cross-investigation gives visibility to an intriguing notion, effectuality, that has been silently at work throughout political philosophy without ever having been thematized. It will be of interest particularly to students and scholars of political philosophy, ethics, the history of philosophy, and peace and conflict studies, but also to anyone interested in pacifism, and the management of international affairs. Book jacket.

Contents:

Machiavelli

Montesquieu

Marx

Gandhi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739187180

073918718X

OCLC:

936344686