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Nonviolence in Theory and Practice by Robert L. Holmes is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Nonviolence in Theory and Practice about?
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-208) Nonviolence in eastern philosophy and religion -- The ethics of Jainism / I.C. Sharma -- From The way of Lao Tzu -- On the Bhagavad-Gita / Doris Hunter -- Christianity and Judaism -- Nonviolence in the Talmud / Reuven Kimelman -- How transforming power has been used in the past by early Christians / Lawrence S. Apsey -- The challenge to governmental power -- Civil disobedience / Henry David Thoreau -- Three modern philosophers of nonviolence: Tolstoy, Gandhi, and King -- Nonresistance to evil -- Letter to Ernest Howard Crosby / Leo Tolstoy -- From passive resistance to direct action -- On Satyagraha / Mohandas K. Gandhi -- Satyagraha in action / Joan Bondurant -- Militant nonviolence -- How transforming power was used in modern times, against race prejudice in America / Lawrence S. Apsey -- Letter from Birmingham Jail / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Women and nonviolence -- The pioneers -- The women of the Bible and Greece / David Daube -- Nonviolence and women / Margaret Hope Bacon Women and militant nonviolence in the nuclear age -- On revolution and equilibrium / Barbara Deming -- Molly Rush and the plowshares eight / Liane Elliso
Who reads Nonviolence in Theory and Practice?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Robert L. Holmes
- Publisher
- Waveland Press, Incorporated
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781577661832
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.98 / 5 (34 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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