Nonviolence : an alternative for defeating global terror(ism) / Senthil Ram and Ralph Summy, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ram, Senthil.

Summy, Ralph.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Prevention--International cooperation.

Terrorism.

Nonviolence.

Passive resistance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The so-called 'war on terror' has gone badly for the West, playing directly into the strategy of al-Qa'ida and the rest of the terrorist network. Why did this happen? Were there other approaches that might have been implemented with better prospects of success? This edited collection of perspectives on the non-violent counter to terrorism opens the topic to serious consideration. The development of a non-violent paradigm brings into sharp focus the deficiencies of present thinking, and paves the way for comprehending how non-violence might overcome those deficiencies and introduce viable alternatives. Since there is a general ignorance about the history, theory and operational dynamics of non-violence, these aspects are featured throughout the book, and related to the special case of terrorism.To understand empathetically the background and mind-set of the opponent (without condoning his actions), to study his culture, to avoid the strategic trap he has set, to examine the different gender reactions of a Muslim Society, to differentiate between non-violent Islam and Islamic Terrorism, to jettison the misinformed baggage we carry about violence, to appreciate the positive role education and aesthetics can play, and to investigate ways in which a non-violent counter to terrorism might be staged, including a Gandhian response. These are just some of the tasks that the contributors have collectively pursued. Their ideas excitingly open up a whole new set of possibilities for a more peaceful world.

Contents:

NONVIOLENCE: AN ALTERNATIVE FORDEFEATING GLOBAL TERROR(ISM); NOTICE TO THE READER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; AN IMPORTANT BOOK FROM IPRA; FOREWORD; PART I: INTRODUCTION; NONVIOLENT COUNTER TO GLOBAL TERROR(ISM)AND PARADIGMS OF COUNTER-TERRORISM; PARADIGMS OF COUNTER-TERRORISM; MILITARY MODEL; CRIMINAL MODEL; PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT MODEL; REFERENCES; THE ORIGINS OF VIOLENCE: NEW IDEAS AND NEWEXPLANATIONS AFFECTING TERRORISM; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. FREUD AND THE HUMAN MALAISE; 3. FREUD'S IDEAS LIVE ON IN OTHER DISCIPLINES; 4. THE SEVILLE STATEMENT IS NOT ENOUGH; 5. THE ORIGINS OF NONVIOLENCE

6. THE TRANSITION FROM NONVIOLENCE TO VIOLENCE7. THE ROLE OF RELIGION; 8. ANTITHETIC CULTURAL MESSAGES; 9. SECULAR NONVIOLENCE; 10. THE METAPHOR OF MEDICINE; 11. ABOUT SOLDIERS; 12. ABOUT TERRORISTS; 13. CONCLUSION; APPENDIX; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; PART II: NONVIOLENCE AND TERRORISM; SEARCHING FOR AN EXIT IN THECORRIDOR OF FEAR: REVISITING GANDHIAND KING IN TIMES OF TERROR[ISM]; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THE PROBLEM WITH VIOLENT ANTI-TERRORISTACTIONS OF HEROES; THE CAUSAL CHAIN; WHAT DOES GANDHI HAVE TO OFFER?; THE CORRIDOR OF FEAR

TRANSFORMING THE PRESENT TO CREATE A NEW FUTURE -INSIGHTS FROM GANDHI AND KINGCONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; THE MAHATMA AND THE MUJIHADEEN:GANDHI'S ANSWER TO TERRORISM; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; SEPARATING PERSON FROM DEED; ACKNOWLEDGING THE COUNTER-PRODUCTIVITYOF ALL TERRORISM; ANTIDOTE TO TERRORISM; FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND VIOLENCE; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; TERRORISM AS A BACKFIRE PROCESS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; TERRORISM AND OUTRAGE; WHY TERRORISM BY THE WEAK?; STATE TERRORISM; NONVIOLENT ACTION AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO TERRORISM; NONVIOLENCE AGAINST TERRORISM

CONCLUSIONACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; UNDERSTANDING THE INDIRECT STRATEGY OFTERRORISM: INSIGHTS FROM NONVIOLENTACTION RESEARCH; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM AS A STRATEGY; THE INDIRECT STRATEGY OF TERRORISM; DYNAMICS OF TERRORISM; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; PART III: NONVIOLENT ISLAM ANDISLAMIC TERRORISM; UNDERSTANDING ISLAMIC TERRORISM:HUMILIATION AWARENESS AND THE ROLEFOR NONVIOLENCE; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; 1. USAMA BIN LADEN'S MESSAGE TO THEMUSLIM WORLD AND THE WEST; 2. INSURGENCY OR TERRORISM?

3. NONVIOLENCE AND COUNTER-INSURGENCY:AN IMPOSSIBLE MATCH?CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; TERRORISM, GENDER AND NONVIOLENT ISLAM:THE CASE OF ERITREA; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; A. GENDER, NONVIOLENCE AND ISLAM; B. THE CASE OF ERITREA: THE ERITREAN LIBERATION FRONT; C. THE CASE OF ERITREA: THE ERITREANPEOPLE'S LIBERATION FRONT; D. THE REALITIES OF WOMEN IN/AT WAR; E. 'FREE ERITREA' AND THE AFTERMATH FOR WOMEN; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; THE JAHILIYYA FACTOR?: FIGHTING MUSLIMS'CULTURAL RESISTANCE TO NONVIOLENCE; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION

THE ABSENT PRECEPT AND THE STRUGGLE AGAINST JAHILIYYA

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60692-610-1

OCLC:

298990099