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Grassroots activism of ancient China : Mohism and nonviolence / Hung-yok Ip.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ip, Hung-Yok, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Moism.
- Nonviolence.
- Nonviolence--China.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Maryland : Lexington Books, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file rdaft
- Summary:
- This book examines Mohism as a movement in early China. To analyze how the Mohists pursued power, the author analyzes nonviolence as a goal and strategy of the Mohist movement, the Mohists' creation of strategic knowledge, and their quest for a personhood that made their activism possible.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Sources and Milieu
- Fighting against Violence
- Early China
- The Use of Nonviolence
- Epilogue
- Postscript
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781666995534
- 1666995533
- 9781793622358
- 1793622353
- OCLC:
- 1291596612
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