Community, violence, and peace :: Aldo Leopold, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Gautama the Buddha in the twenty-first century /

Community, Violence, and Peace explores the concept of community and the belief that it can resolve the dilemmas of excessive violence and insufficient peace in the twenty-first century. Herman begins by analyzing two fictional communities, the spiritual community of Plato and the materialistic comm...

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1. Verfasser: Herman, A. L.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1999.
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Zusammenfassung:Community, Violence, and Peace explores the concept of community and the belief that it can resolve the dilemmas of excessive violence and insufficient peace in the twenty-first century. Herman begins by analyzing two fictional communities, the spiritual community of Plato and the materialistic community of Aldous Huxley. He then investigates four historical communities, the biotic community of Aldo Leopold, the ashramic community of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the beloved community of Martin Luther King Jr., and the karmic community of Gautama the Buddha.
After an extensive exploration of the characteristics of these communities and the quandaries that each generates and that renders them objectionable, Herman argues that substituting communal egoism for communal altruism will settle the predicament of violence and peace in the twenty-first century.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 245 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-237) and index.
ISBN:0585067074
9780585067070
1438406533
9781438406534

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