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Blood and Progress: Violence in Pursuit of Emancipation
Nick Hewlett
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Description for Blood and Progress: Violence in Pursuit of Emancipation
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From ending the feudal order to struggling against colonial rule; from revolts against slavery to the Bolshevik, Chinese and Cuban revolutions; and from ending foreign occupations to civil wars to overthrow dictators, violent means are seen to justify the non-violent ends. 'Necessary violence' was taken for granted by revolutionaries inspired by Marx, Lenin, Mao and Castro, and countless others. Nick Hewlett places the objectives of non-violence and peace centre-stage to give you a new understanding of violence in revolt. He argues that making the goal of a wholly peaceful society explicit makes an important difference to how we approach and ... Read more
From ending the feudal order to struggling against colonial rule; from revolts against slavery to the Bolshevik, Chinese and Cuban revolutions; and from ending foreign occupations to civil wars to overthrow dictators, violent means are seen to justify the non-violent ends. 'Necessary violence' was taken for granted by revolutionaries inspired by Marx, Lenin, Mao and Castro, and countless others. Nick Hewlett places the objectives of non-violence and peace centre-stage to give you a new understanding of violence in revolt. He argues that making the goal of a wholly peaceful society explicit makes an important difference to how we approach and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474410601
SKU
V9781474410601
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99-10
About Nick Hewlett
Nick Hewlett is Professor of French Studies at the University of Warwick.
Reviews for Blood and Progress: Violence in Pursuit of Emancipation
'Nick Hewlett's Blood and Progress constitutes an engaging meditation on the paradox of violence for the sake of peace. [It] is part of a growing literature which acknowledges the regrettable necessity of constrained violence in some cases for progressive social change... The dominant view that positive social change necessarily stems from non-violent struggle does a disservice to the reality of ... Read more