Recent trends and events worldwide have increased public
interest in nonviolence, pacifism, and peace psychology as well as
professional interest across the social sciences. Nonviolence and
Peace Psychology assembles multiple perspectives to create a more
comprehensive and nuanced understanding of the concepts and
phenomena of nonviolence than is usually seen on the subject.
Through this diverse literature spanning psychology, political
science, religious studies, anthropology, and sociology peace
psychologist Dan Mayton gives readers the opportunity to view
nonviolence as a body of principles, a system of pragmatics, and a
strategy for social change. This important volume:
- Draws critical distinctions between nonviolence, pacifism, and
related concepts.
- Classifies nonviolence in terms of its scope (intrapersonal,
interpersonal, societal, global) and pacifism according to
political and situational dimensions.
- Applies standard psychological concepts such as beliefs,
motives, dispositions, and values to define nonviolent actions and
behaviors.
- Brings sociohistorical and cross-cultural context to peace
psychology.
- Analyzes a century s worth of nonviolent social action, from
the pathbreaking work of Gandhi and King to the Courage to Refuse
movement within the Israeli armed forces.
- Reviews methodological and measurement issues in nonviolence
research, and suggests areas for future study.
Although more attention is traditionally devoted to violence and
aggression within the social sciences, Nonviolence and Peace
Psychology reveals a robust knowledge base and a framework for
peacebuilding work, granting peace psychologists, activists, and
mediators new possibilities for the transformative power of
nonviolence."
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