Learning Non-Violence (Hardback)  | Released: 01 Apr 2016

Violence as a concept and practice has largely been unsuccessful in preventing or resolving conflicts. In fact, violence as an instinct is opposed to the values that build the foundation of human civilization-respecting life, diversity, and interdependence within society. The essays in this volume discuss the concept of non-violence in totality and also recognize its vulnerability, particularly in the context of what can be called 'learned non-violence'. Structured around four themes-religion, protest, the modern condition, and the world today-the book stimulates the reader to consider the practical possibilities of non-violence. In the process it tries to develop an engagement between modern discourses and the ancient vocabulary of the concept. Delving into the enterprise from different perspectives across disciplines, the contributors offer a rich intersection of not only the past and present, but also various approaches that theorize the concept, thereby visualizing the possibilities of a sustainable moral pedagogy of non-violence.About the Author: Gangeya Mukherji is Reader in English, Mahamati Prananth Mahavidyalaya, Mau-Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India.Table of Contents: Foreword by Chetan Singh Acknowledgements Introduction Gangeya Mukherji 1. HimsaAhimsa Debate: Two Mahabharata Episodes Sibesh Chandra Bhattacharya 2. Road Signals to a Non-Violent Society George Gispert-Sauch 3. Religious Disarmament: Metaphor for Tolerance and Dialogue Rudolf C. Heredia 4. Mediating Between Violence and Non-Violence in the Discourse of Protest Sumanta Banerjee 5. Trusteeship and Non-Violence Ramdas Ganesh Bhatkal 6. Martyrdom, Truth, and Non-Violence J.P.S. Uberoi 7. Ahimsa and the Possibility of the Inner Voice Tridip Suhrud 8. Revolutionary Non-Violence: Gandhi in Postcolonial and Subaltern Discourse Harish Trivedi 9. Non-Violence is Old-fashioned: Perceptions of Gandhi and Non-Violence in South Africa Rehana Vally 10. Practising Ahimsa and Practices of Masculinity on the Sinhala Construction Site Jani de Silva 11. Books of Peace Neelum Saran Gour 12. Living Peace: Womens Rituals of Resistance and Remembrance V. Geetha 13. Testimony J.S. Bandukwala 14. Against the Error of Retaliation: A Philosophical Tribute to Ramchandra Gandhi Arindam Chakrabarti Index Notes on Editor and Contributors