Civil Disobedience from Nepal to Norway: Traditions, Extensions, and Civility (Ethics, Human Rights and Global Political Thought)

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Synopsis
This volume explores the shifts in how civil disobedience has come to be theorized, defined, understood, and practised in contemporary politics. As social activism takes increasingly global forms, the goals of individuals and groups who view themselves as disobedient activists today can be defined in broader cultural terms than before, and their relationship to law and violence can be ambiguous. Civil disobedience may no longer be entirely nonviolent, its purposes no longer necessarily serve progressive or emancipatory agendas. Its manifestations often blur the lines established in “classic”, philosophically justified, and self-regulatory forms as epitomised in mass nonviolent protests of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King and theories of Arendt, Rawls and Dworkin. How civil disobedience operates has changed over the years, and this volume unpacks its many contemporary lives. It discusses new theoretical and political dilemmas and paradoxes through empirical cases and practical examples from Europe, the United States, and South Asia, which enables a “mirroring” perspective for the challenges and complexities of civil disobedience in different parts of the world. Bringing together innovative and introspective perspectives on people and protests in contemporary political contexts, this volume will be of great interest to scholars and philosophers of political science, international relations theory, political philosophy, peace and conflict studies, sociology, and cultural studies.
Copyright:
2023

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Book Quality:
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Book Size:
224 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000685046
Related ISBNs:
9781032013008, 9781032340869, 9781003320494
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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Language:
English
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Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies, Philosophy, Politics and Government
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Edited by:
Tapio Nykänen
Edited by:
Tiina Seppälä
Edited by:
Petri Koikkalainen

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