Violence and non-violence across time : history, religion and culture /
Sudhir Chandra, 1941-
Violence and non-violence across time : history, religion and culture / edited by Sudhir Chandra. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references.
Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of figures; List of contributors; Preface; 1 Violence and non-violence across time: an abiding puzzle; 2 The negation of violence in the Vedic sacrifice; 3 Is violence intrinsic to religious confrontation?: the case of Judeo-Christian controversy, second to seventeenth centuries; 4 What inspires non-violence and violence in Islam?: some religious and historical factors; 5 Buddhism and 'violence': reading the medieval war chronicle The Tales of Heike 6 Between military strength and non-violence: experience and symbolic use of elephants in European cultures7 Violence in the philosophy of Saint-Simon; 8 Non-violence, identity, sympathy: a meditation; 9 Some unfashionable observations on non-violence; 10 Being the object of others: social distancing and non-violence: the conditionalities of Dalits and slums; 11 Representations of violence and non-violence in Palestinian society; 12 War against disease without violence to clinical trial participants?; 13 Being truthful to 'reality': grounds of non-violence in ascetic and mystical traditions
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World politics.
Popular culture--Study and teaching.
Culture--Study and teaching.
Philosophy.
Religion.
History.
Sociology.
Social policy.
HISTORY / Asia / General.
Culture--Study and teaching.
History.
Philosophy.
Politics and government.
Popular culture--Study and teaching.
Religion.
Social policy.
Sociology.
Study skills.
World politics.
Asia--History.
Asia--Study and teaching.
South Asia--Politics and government.
Asia.
South Asia.
Electronic books.
History.
DS33
950
Violence and non-violence across time : history, religion and culture / edited by Sudhir Chandra. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references.
Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of figures; List of contributors; Preface; 1 Violence and non-violence across time: an abiding puzzle; 2 The negation of violence in the Vedic sacrifice; 3 Is violence intrinsic to religious confrontation?: the case of Judeo-Christian controversy, second to seventeenth centuries; 4 What inspires non-violence and violence in Islam?: some religious and historical factors; 5 Buddhism and 'violence': reading the medieval war chronicle The Tales of Heike 6 Between military strength and non-violence: experience and symbolic use of elephants in European cultures7 Violence in the philosophy of Saint-Simon; 8 Non-violence, identity, sympathy: a meditation; 9 Some unfashionable observations on non-violence; 10 Being the object of others: social distancing and non-violence: the conditionalities of Dalits and slums; 11 Representations of violence and non-violence in Palestinian society; 12 War against disease without violence to clinical trial participants?; 13 Being truthful to 'reality': grounds of non-violence in ascetic and mystical traditions
9780429466205 042946620X
World politics.
Popular culture--Study and teaching.
Culture--Study and teaching.
Philosophy.
Religion.
History.
Sociology.
Social policy.
HISTORY / Asia / General.
Culture--Study and teaching.
History.
Philosophy.
Politics and government.
Popular culture--Study and teaching.
Religion.
Social policy.
Sociology.
Study skills.
World politics.
Asia--History.
Asia--Study and teaching.
South Asia--Politics and government.
Asia.
South Asia.
Electronic books.
History.
DS33
950