Routledge Handbook of Pacifism and Nonviolence

Andrew Fiala is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Ethics Center at Fresno State University, USA. A former president of Concerned Philosophers for Peace, his publications include The Just War Myth (2008), Public War, Private Conscience (2010), The Bloomsbury Companion to Political Philosophy (editor, 2015), Ethics: Theory and Contemporary Issues, 9th edition (with Barbara MacKinnon, 2017), and Transformative Pacifism (forthcoming).

• Notes on ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction Andrew FialaPart I: Historical and Tradition-Specific Considerations A History of the Idea of Pacifism and Nonviolence: Ancient to ModernDuane L. Cady Nonviolence and Pacifism in the Long Nineteenth CenturyMichael Allan Fox Pacifism in the Twentieth Century and BeyondAndrew Fiala Christian Pacifism Daniel A. Dombrowski Peace and Nonviolence in Islam Ramin Jahanbegloo Philosophy of Nonviolence in Africa Gail M. Presbey Nonviolence in the Dharma Traditions: Hinduism, Jainism, and BuddhismVeena R. Howard The Gandhi-King Tradition and Satyagraha Barry L. GanPart II: Conceptual and Moral Considerations Pacifism and the Concept of MoralityRobert L. Holmes Peace: Negative and PositiveDavid Boersema The Pacifist Critique of the Just War TraditionCheyney Ryan Contingent PacifismPaul Morrow Humanitarian Intervention and the Problem of Genocide and Atrocity Jennifer Kling Virtue Ethics and NonviolenceDavid K. Chan Personal Pacifism and Conscientious Objection Eric Reitan Pacifism: Does it Make Moral Sense? Jan Narveson Pacifism as PathologyJosé-Antonio Orosco Part III: Social and Political Considerations The Triumph of the Liberal Democratic Peace and the Dangers of Its Success Fuat Gursozlu Human Rights and International Law Robert Paul Churchill Hospitality, Identity, and Cosmopolitanism: Antidotes to the Violence of OthernessEddy M. Souffrant Warism and the Dominant WorldviewDuane L. Cady The Military-Industrial Complex William Gay Feminism and Nonviolent Activism Danielle Poe Queer Oppression and Pacifism Blake HerethPart IV: Applications Care Theory, Peacemaking, and EducationNel Noddings Becoming Nonviolent: Sociobiological, Neurophysiological, and Spiritual Perspectives Andrew Fitz-Gibbon The Death Penalty and Nonviolence: Justice Beyond EmpathyLloyd Steffen Ecology and Pacifism Mark Woods Animals, Vegetarianism, and Nonviolence Christopher Chapple Children, Violence, and Nonviolence Jane Hall Fitz-Gibbon Peace Pedagogy from the BorderlinesRenee Bricker, Yi Deng, Donna A. Gessell, and Michael ProulxAfterword: Nonviolence and the Non-Existent Country James M. Lawson, Jr.

"This groundbreaking collection of essays is more than simply a ‘handbook.’ These essays are models of rigor and clarity, presenting a sophisticated defense of pacifist thought while offering a compelling vision of a peaceful and just world. Taken together, these essays demonstrate that pacifism is more than a noble and idealist dream, more than an ethics of war, but a practical and conceptually well-grounded basis for a philosophy of life."--Charles Brown, Emporia State University"To my knowledge, The Routledge Handbook of Pacifism and Nonviolence is a more ambitious and comprehensive book than any other collection of writings on pacifism and nonviolence ever published. Written by scholars and activists with knowledge and passion, and carefully edited by Andrew Fiala, this book will be our standard reference on pacifism and nonviolence for decades to come."--Predrag Cicovacki, College of the Holy Cross"This Handbook brings together invaluable and wide-ranging perspectives on pacifism and nonviolence, thereby enabling further creative interaction and useful integration of those perspectives. It is really impossible to think how it could be better."--James P. Sterba, University of Notre Dame