Name: Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea (Modern Library Chronicles) (en Inglés)
SKU: 1940243
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Author: Mark Kurlansky
ISBN: 9780812974478

portada Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea (Modern Library Chronicles) (en Inglés)

Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea (Modern Library Chronicles) (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Mark Kurlansky

Editorial

Modern Library

Año

2008

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

224

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

20.4x13.4x1.6 cm

Peso

0.19 kg.

ISBN

0812974476

ISBN13

9780812974478

Categorías

Siglo xx, c. 1900-c. 1999
Ciencias políticas y teoría
Activismo político
Historia general y del mundo

Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea (Modern Library Chronicles) (en Inglés)

Mark Kurlansky (Autor) · Modern Library · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea (Modern Library Chronicles) (en Inglés)"

In this timely, highly original, and controversial narrative, New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky discusses nonviolence as a distinct entity, a course of action, rather than a mere state of mind. Nonviolence can and should be a technique for overcoming social injustice and ending wars, he asserts, which is why it is the preferred method of those who speak truth to power. Nonviolence is a sweeping yet concise history that moves from ancient Hindu times to present-day conflicts raging in the Middle East and elsewhere. Kurlansky also brings into focus just why nonviolence is a "dangerous" idea, and asks such provocative questions as: Is there such a thing as a "just war"? Could nonviolence have worked against even the most evil regimes in history? Kurlansky draws from history twenty-five provocative lessons on the subject that we can use to effect change today. He shows how, time and again, violence is used to suppress nonviolence and its practitioners-Gandhi and Martin Luther King, for example; that the stated deterrence value of standing national armies and huge weapons arsenals is, at best, negligible; and, encouragingly, that much of the hard work necessary to begin a movement to end war is already complete. It simply needs to be embraced and accelerated. Engaging, scholarly, and brilliantly reasoned, Nonviolence is a work that compels readers to look at history in an entirely new way. This is not just a manifesto for our times but a trailblazing book whose time has come.

Mark Kurlansky

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Mark Kurlansky es un escritor y periodista que ha trabajado como corresponsal para The Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer y The Miami Herald. Centrado en la divulgación de la historia cultural, es autor de los best seller internacionales El bacalao y La historia vasca del mundo.

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