Nonviolent Resistance: A Philosophical Introduction 0745690491, 9780745690490

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This book argues that democracies emerging from peaceful protest last longer, achieve higher levels of democratic qualit

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

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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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What does it mean to become a sound mind in a healthy body and harmonious environment? This engaging introduction to the

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

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

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Though it defies consensus, between 1900 and 2006, campaigns of nonviolent resistance were more than twice as effective

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