This book probes the complex interweaving, across time and
cultures, of violence and non-violence from the perspective of the
present. One of the first of its kind, it offers a comprehensive
examination of the interpenetration of violence and non-violence as
much in human nature as in human institutions with reference to
different continents, cultures and religions over centuries. It
points to the present paradox that even as violence of
unprecedented lethality threatens the very survival of humankind,
non-violence increasingly appears as an unlikely feasible
alternative. The essays presented here cover a wide
cultural-temporal spectrum - from Vedic sacrifice, early
Jewish-Christian polemics, the Crusades, and medieval Japan to
contemporary times. They explore aspects of the
violence-non-violence dialectic in a coherent frame of analysis
across themes such as war, jihad, death, salvation, religious and
philosophical traditions including Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism,
Hinduism, Islam, mysticism, monism, and Neoplatonism, texts such as
Ramayana, Mahabharata and Quran, as well as issues faced by Dalits
and ethical imperatives for clinical trials, among others. Offering
thematic width and analytical depth to the treatment of the
subject, the contributors bring their disciplinary expertise and
cultural insights, ranging from the historical to sociological,
theological, philosophical and metaphysical, as well as their
sensitive erudition to deepening an understanding of a grave issue.
The book will be useful to scholars and researchers of history,
peace and conflict studies, political science, political thought
and cultural studies, as well as those working on issues of
violence and non-violence.
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