Nonviolent Resistance: A Philosophical Introduction 0745690491, 9780745690490

We see nonviolent resistance all over today’s world, from Egypt’s Tahrir Square to New York Occupy. Although we think of

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Nonviolent Resistance: A Philosophical Introduction
0745690491, 9780745690490

Brings to light the little-known, but powerful roles that civil resistance has played in national liberation struggles t

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What do we mean by nonviolence? What can nonviolence achieve? Are there limits to nonviolence and, if so, what are they?

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a good introduction to Phenomenology, but from an old photocopy, toner started to peel off, file quality less than satis

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What does it mean to be an expert? What sort of authority do experts really have? And what role should they play in toda

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Parthood and composition are everywhere. The leg of a table is part of the table, the word "Christmas" is part

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In this ground-breaking and much-needed book, Stellan Vinthagen provides the first major systematic attempt to develop a

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In Civility, Nonviolent Resistance, and the New Struggle for Social Justice, Amin Asfari brings together scholarly contr

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It is beyond debate that human beings are the primary cause of climate change. Many think of climate change as primarily

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pt. I. Why civil resistance works. The success of nonviolent resistance campaigns -- The primacy of participation in non

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In this wide-ranging historical introduction to philosophical hermeneutics, Jean Grondin discusses the major figures fro

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