Violence and Non-Violence Across Time: History, Religion and Culture - Couverture rigide

 
9781138203297: Violence and Non-Violence Across Time: History, Religion and Culture
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ISBN 10 : 1138203297 ISBN 13 : 9781138203297
Editeur : Routledge India, 2018

Synopsis

This book probes the complex interweaving, across time and cultures, of violence and non-violence from the perspective of the present. One of the first of its kind, it offers a comprehensive examination of the interpenetration of violence and non-violence as much in human nature as in human institutions with reference to different continents, cultures and religions over centuries. The essays cover a wide cultural-temporal spectrum - from Vedic sacrifice, early Jewish-Christian polemics, the Crusades, and medieval Japan to contemporary times. They explore themes such as war, jihad, death, salvation, religious and philosophical traditions, texts, and ethical imperatives.

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À propos de l?auteur

Sudhir Chandra is a historian based in Delhi, India. He has been associated with several universities and centres of advanced learning, such as the Nantes Institute for Advanced Studies; Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla; Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Edinburgh; Banaras Hindu University; Aligarh Muslim University; Jamia Millia Islamia; Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris; Melbourne University; Bellagio Study and Conference Center; University of Chicago; Cornell University; Tokyo University of Foreign Studies; Indian Council of Historical Research; and Indian Council for Social Science Research, New Delhi. Among his publications are Gandhi: An Impossible Possibility (2017), The Oppressive Present: Literature and Social Consciousness in Colonial India (2014/1992) and Enslaved Daughters: Colonialism, Law and Women's Rights (1998). His works seek to understand the kind of social consciousness that developed in India under the colonial impact and the idea of non-violence.

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Éditeur
Routledge India
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1138203297
ISBN 13 
9781138203297
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
314
Éditeur
Chandra Sudhir
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Personne responsable
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9780367479237: Violence and Non-Violence across Time

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ISBN 10 :  0367479230 ISBN 13 :  9780367479237
Editeur : Routledge, 2020
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