A01=David Cortright
Author_David Cortright
Category=GTU
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conflict resolution research
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ethical activism
nonviolent protest strategies in academia
peacebuilding theory
political philosophy
social movement theory
transformative justice
Product details
- ISBN 9781594512667
- Weight: 385g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2006
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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"David Cortright is a life-long activist and respected scholar. In Gandhi and Beyond, he convincingly shows the power of nonviolence as a philosophy of life, not just a method of social action. His practical analysis of Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Dorothy Day, Cesar Chavez, and others brings new insights and inspiration to those of us attempting to live that philosophy, and to those, especially a new generation, who are seeking a better way to respond to their world. I commend this book to all who are seeking an alternative to violence." Jim Wallis, author of God's Politics and editor of Sojourners Is there room for nonviolence in an age of terrorism? Drawing on the legend and lessons of Gandhi, Cortright traces the history of nonviolent social activism through the early twentieth century to the civil rights movement, the Vietnam era, and up to the present war in Iraq. Gandhi and Beyond offers a critical evaluation and refinement of Gandhi's message, laying the foundation for a renewed and deepened dedication to nonviolence as the universal path to social progress and antidote to terrorism.
David Cortright is Professor at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. His books include Soldiers in Revolt: GI Resistance During the Vietnam War (2005) and A Peaceful Superpower: The Movement Against War in Iraq (2004).
