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Living Nonviolently
Gabriel Moran
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Description for Living Nonviolently
hardcover. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Are human beings naturally violent? Is war the fate of the human race? Despite the depressing record of the past, the world's future depends upon avoiding war and drastically reducing violence. Living Nonviolently: Language for Resisting Violence examines carefully the language of violence and war. One of the first casualties of violence is language, which in turn makes resistance to violence difficult to articulate. In the first four chapters, Gabriel Moran proposes distinctions for the interconnected ideas of force, power, aggressiveness, violence, and war—not to invent a new and logical language but to ground the meaning of these ... Read more
Are human beings naturally violent? Is war the fate of the human race? Despite the depressing record of the past, the world's future depends upon avoiding war and drastically reducing violence. Living Nonviolently: Language for Resisting Violence examines carefully the language of violence and war. One of the first casualties of violence is language, which in turn makes resistance to violence difficult to articulate. In the first four chapters, Gabriel Moran proposes distinctions for the interconnected ideas of force, power, aggressiveness, violence, and war—not to invent a new and logical language but to ground the meaning of these ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739150436
SKU
V9780739150436
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About Gabriel Moran
Gabriel Moran is professor emeritus of educational philosophy at New York University. Among other books, he is author of Speaking of Teaching: Lessons from History, Reshaping Religious Education, and A Grammar of Responsibility.
Reviews for Living Nonviolently
Moran's clarifying discussions of so much that concerns us and how we relate in today’s world—‘nature’ and what is ‘natural,' ‘aggression,' ‘lying’ and ‘deceit,' transparency and the constraints of ‘the right to know’—uncover questions that both awaken readers to the possibilities of a revitalized language and revitalize efforts to live nonviolently. Parents, families, diverse communities, members of the body politic, ... Read more