Violence And Nonviolence Across Time History Religion And Culture Sudhir Chandra by Sudhir Chandra, (ed.) 9780367029142, 0367029146 instant download after payment.

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. It points to the present paradox that even as violence of unprecedented lethality threatens the very survival of humankind, non-violence increasingly appears as an unlikely feasible alternative.
The essays presented here cover a wide cultural–temporal spectrum – from Vedic sacrifice, early Jewish–Christian
polemics, the Crusades and medieval Japan to contemporary times. They explore aspects of the violence–non-violence dialectic in a coherent frame of analysis across themes such as war, jihad, death, salvation, religious and philosophical traditions including Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, mysticism, monism and Neoplatonism, texts such as Ramayana, Mahabharata and Quran, as well as issues faced by Dalits and ethical
imperatives for clinical trials, among others.
Offering thematic width and analytical depth to the treatment of the subject, the contributors bring their
disciplinary expertise and cultural insights, ranging from the historical to sociological, theological,
philosophical and metaphysical, as well as their sensitive erudition to deepening an understanding of a grave
issue. The book will be useful to scholars and researchers of history, peace and conflict studies, political
science, political thought and cultural studies, as well as those working on issues of violence and non-violence.