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Reconstructing Nonviolence - A New Theory and Practice for a Post-Secular Society (Hardcover)
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Reconstructing Nonviolence - A New Theory and Practice for a Post-Secular Society (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory
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Nonviolent methods of action have been a powerful tool since the
early twentieth century for social protest and revolutionary social
and political change, and there is diffuse awareness that
nonviolence is an efficient spontaneous choice of movements,
individuals and whole nations. Yet from a conceptual standpoint,
nonviolence struggles to engage with key contemporary political
issues: the role of religion in a post-secular world; the crisis of
democracy; and the use of supposedly 'nonviolent techniques' for
violent aims. Drawing on classic thinkers and contemporary authors,
in particular the Italian philosopher Aldo Capitini, this book
shows that nonviolence is inherently a non-systematic and flexible
system with no pure, immaculate thought at its core. Instead, at
the core of nonviolence there is praxis, which is impure because
while it aims at freedom and plurality it is made of less than
perfect actions performed in an imperfect environment by flawed
individuals. Offering a more progressive, transformative and at the
same time pluralistic concept of nonviolence, this book is an
original conceptual analysis of political theory which will appeal
to students of international relations, global politics, security
studies, peace studies and democratic theory.
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