Varieties Of Pacifism

William Penn was a pacifist, and his political philosophy was largely influenced by his quest for peace.?Varieties of Pacifism analyzes different types of anti-violence, pro-peace outlooks.

A quick tour rather than a comprehensive treatment, to ready readers to study pacifism in the 20th century, Brock's 1970 account of which has just appeared in a new edition. Looks at the prehistory, early Christians, the age of the democratic revolution, the US before and during the Civil War, and other topics. Revises and updates references from the earlier editions between 1981 and 1994. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The first major philosophical treatment of contingent pacifism, offering an account of pacifism from the just war tradition.

Excerpt from Varieties of Pacifism Catch the sounds of pain in books. You cannot hear the sighing of a boy whose life is ebbing away, and who keeps on saying Mother, Mother, until his heart stops beating. You cannot hear the groan of a man whose legs have been blown Off, or the shriek of a man whose every breath is an agony. You cannot hear the death rattle in a single throat, much less in a thousand throats. These things are not to be found in books. Nor can you get the sights of war in books. You can not see the twitching of a nerve, the spasm of a muscle, the contortion of a body twisted into terrible shapes by a torture that cannot be ex pressed. You cannot see the glazing of eyes in death. Nobody knows what war is who has not been in war. There are millions of men who now. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

John Howard Yoder’s classic book first published in 1971, includes a treatment of Jewish pacifism, bibliographies, an index, and three new appendixes: Speaking Truth to Power, Quaker Political Witness; The Spectrum of Nonpacifist Postures; and Nonviolent National Defense Alternatives. Yoder points out assumptions, strengths, and shortcomings of each pacifist position. He brings clarity to the many-sided conversations about peace, nonviolence, war, proliferation of arms, and power politics.

Interest in pacifism—an idea with a long history in philosophical thought and in several religious traditions—is growing. The Routledge Handbook of Pacifism and Nonviolence is the first comprehensive reference designed to introduce newcomers and researchers to the many varieties of pacifism and nonviolence, to their history and philosophy, and to pacifism’s most serious critiques. The volume offers 32 brand new chapters from the world’s leading experts across a diverse range of fields, who together provide a broad discussion of pacifism and nonviolence in connection with virtue ethics, capital punishment, animal ethics, ecology, queer theory, and feminism, among other areas. This Handbook is divided into four sections: (1) Historical and Tradition-Specific Considerations, (2) Conceptual and Moral Considerations, (3) Social and Political Considerations, and (4) Applications. It concludes with an Afterword by James Lawson, one of the icons of the nonviolent American Civil Rights movement. The text will be invaluable to scholars and students, as well as to activists and general readers interested in peace, nonviolence, and critical perspectives on war and violence.

Illuminating the moral views on violence, from the moral restraint of the just-war tradition through pragmatic nonviolence to principled variations of pacifism.