Justice and violence : political violence, pacifism and cultural transformation / edited by Allan Eickelmann, Eric Nelson, Tom Lansford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Eric

Contributor:

Eickelmann, Allan, editor.

Nelson, Eric, 1970- editor.

Lansford, Tom, editor.

Series:

Routledge revivals.

Ethics and global politics.

Routledge revivals

Ethics and global politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political violence.

Pacific settlement of international disputes.

United States--Military policy.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 252 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

Originally published in 2003. Justice and Violence brings together a fascinating and varied volume that focuses on the ethics of both political violence and pacifism. Incorporating historical, geopolitical and cultural case studies, it takes a unique look at comparative analyses of these two phenomena and contending world views.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Introduction

Part 1: The Justice of Violence

1: Just War: An Ethic of Restraint or the Defense of Order?

2: Moralizing Violence or a Just Response? The Dimensions and Limitations of the Bush Doctrine

3: The President and the Congress in Concert: Declaring and Making War in the United States

4: A Political Calculus of Apology: Japan and Its Neighbors

Part 2: Violence as Injustice

5: Power to Destroy, Power to Heal: Violence, State Power and Paradigm Shifts for Peace

6: The Ethics of Living American Primacy, or, Towards a Global Jim Crow, and Its Discontents

7: The Fist of Pacifism

8: Violence and Non-Violence as Constitutional Argument: An Analysis of the 1963 Civil Rights Demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama

9: 'Jack Rocks, Earrings and the Occupation of Moss #3: Emblems of the Struggle for Decency in the Appalachian Coalfields

Part 3: Beyond Justice and Injustice

10: A Case of Communist Indoctrination and American Enticement during the Korean War

11: From Rollback to Preemption: A Comparison of the Reagan and Bush Doctrines

12: The 2003 U.S. Invasion of Iraq: Militarism in the Service of Geopolitics

13: Beyond Politics

14: Conclusion: No Clash, But Dialogue Among Religions and Nations: Towards a New Paradigm of International Relations

Select Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [242]-249) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-351-15463-X

OCLC:

1104089485