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Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Act 1 What Would a Better World Look Like? -- Scene 1 -- Scene 2 -- Scene 3 -- Scene 4 -- Scene 5 -- Act 2 How Violence Spoils a Better World -- Scene 1 -- Scene 2 -- Scene 3 -- Scene 4 -- Scene 5 -- Scene 6 -- Act 3 Nonviolence as an Antidote to Violence -- Scene 1 -- Scene 2 -- Scene 3 -- Scene 4 -- Act 4 Pragmatic Nonviolence -- Scene 1 -- Scene 2 -- Scene 3 -- Scene 4 -- Epilogue Objections and Answers -- Scene 1 -- Bibliography -- Index.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Theory and Practice of Nonviolent Political Action -- 2. Political Theory, Violence and the State -- 3. Nonviolence, the State and Civil Resistance -- 4. Nonviolence and Political Power -- 5. Structure, Agency and Nonviolent Political Action -- 6. Pacifism and Nonviolence -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

Cover -- Contents -- List of Profiles -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- What is nonviolence? -- Further reading -- 1 Nonviolence in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism -- Nonviolence in Hinduism -- Nonviolence in Jainism -- Nonviolence in Buddhism -- Further reading -- 2 Christianity and Nonviolence -- The roots of nonviolence in Jesus Christ -- Nonviolence in the Epistles of St Paul -- Franciscan nonviolence -- Christian nonviolence in the North American context -- A new tradition: nonviolence in the work of Thomas Merton -- Further reading -- 3 Islam and Nonviolence -- The roots of nonviolence in the Qur'an -- Nonviolence in the contemporary Islamic context: the case of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad -- Islam, nonviolence and the state -- Further reading -- 4 Philosophical Foundations of Nonviolence -- Socratic nonviolence -- The transcendentalist nonviolence of H. D. Thoreau -- Leo Tolstoy and nonviolence -- Further reading -- 5 Gandhi and Nonviolence -- Gandhi's conception of nonviolence -- Nonviolence in the Hind Swaraj -- Further reading -- 6 Pragmatic Nonviolence -- Gene Sharp and pragmatic nonviolence -- Pragmatic nonviolence in practice -- Sharp's four mechanisms of change -- Necessary preconditions to change -- Further reading -- 7 Critiques of Nonviolence -- The role of violence in Marxism -- Violence in anarchism -- The role of violence in the work of Georges Sorel -- The role of violence in the work of Frantz Fanon -- The role of violence in the work of Slavoj Zižek -- Further reading -- 8 Nonviolence in the Twentieth Century -- Martin Luther King -- Desmond Tutu -- Mother Teresa -- The Dalai Lama -- Aung San Suu Kyi -- Further reading -- 9 Nonviolence in the Twenty-First Century -- The Green Movement in Iran -- Otpor: the fall of Yugoslavia's Slobodan Milosevic -- The Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia.

Nonviolent action is best known as a kind of protest tactic used where neither the vote nor the gun seems to offer effective methods of achieving the desired social change. Those using this tactic may or may not have a general commitment to nonviolence. The author argues that the objectives of nonviolent action must become broader and more ambitious and that through a variety of coordinated efforts we should seek to 'institutionalize nonviolence' and to generalize nonviolent behaviors throughout society. Such an effort involves the transformation of all institutions implicated in the practice of direct or structural violence. The role of the State in the existing global violence system is especially criticized. The author outlines eight important components in the process she has labelled the 'institutionalization of nonviolence'.

This article interprets the globalization of nonviolence and nonviolent resistance through the lens of Manfred B. Steger's concept of the "global imaginary." It argues that the globalization of nonviolence and the global imaginary are mutually reinforcing processes. Nonviolent protests are driven by local issues and are, thus, context specific and local but, as in the case of the Arab uprisings, as they spread through themenaand beyond, the uprisings provided historically linked examples of a growing global consciousness, a "global" we.

Whistleblowing and nonviolent action have a number of similarities and connections, yet seldom have they been discussed together. There are a number of lessons for whistleblowing from nonviolence, and vice versa. These are raised through a series of points about whistleblowing: that isolated resistance is ruthlessly crushed, that preparation is essential, that formal channels seldom work, that the strategy of mobilization can be powerful, and that whistleblowers seldom bring about change.

The term "nonviolent resistance" is frequently assumed to refer to a single and coherent theory about the proper way to manage conflict. There are, however, two quite different theories subsumed by this general term. One assumes a basic human harmony and denies the morality of or necessity for either coercion or violence. The second regards conflict as normal, even healthy; nonviolence is perceived as an economic way of testing strength and the only limit set upon means is that of threatening or using physical force. Because activists, advocates, and observers often fail to distinguish these views, the effectiveness of nonviolent resistance is frequently impaired. This is because resisters of differing views fail to find a common basis for cooperation and because the spectator is confused by apparently contradictory professions and actions.

The Psychology of Nonviolence explores in a psychological perspective the meaning of nonviolence, particularly its philosophy, strategy, and implications. This book reports scientific evidence often based on experiments performed in accordance with the rules of experiments as the subject matter permits. Organized into eight chapters, this book begins with an explanation of the concepts of violence and nonviolence. Subsequent chapters explain the cognitive dynamics, as well as the power of nonviolence and information. The nonviolent protest, moral and practical bases of noncooperation, forms of