Conflict: Violence and Nonviolence

Focusing on central issues in the study of conflict and conflict resolution, this volume sets forth the views of eminent scholars on the forms, uses, and limitations of violence, nonviolence, and symbolic violence. Joan V. Bondurant, as editor of this compilation, defines the important issues, places the often contradictory contributions into perspective, and calls for a new conceptual framework within which workable techniques for the active conduct of conflict can be fashioned.  Each of the carefully chosen contributions deal with the most familiar modes of nonviolence--pacifism and civil disobedience. Several experts raise basic questions about pacifism, point out new developments in today's peace movements, and discuss vital topics such as the political implications of the pacifist position, revolution as political change, and the risks of engaging in civil disobedience. For example, H. L. Niebury contradicts popularly held opinion that "violence settles nothing," and argues that the threat of violence induces flexibility and stability in democratic institutions. In "Violence and the Process of Terror," E. V. Walter gives a critical view of the limits of irrational violence and underscores the need to uncover the psychological mechanisms that account for the effectiveness of terror. Exploring the differences between symbolic violence and creative conflict, Ernest Jones details his unique investigation into revolutionaries' styles and their respective degrees of destructiveness.  Bondurant concludes with an elaboration of the Gandhian technique of satyagraha to show that, in most instances, nonviolence is actually symbolic violence and that familiar nonviolent techniques cannot meet contemporary imperatives. Ideally suited to a wide range of readers, Conflict: Violence and Nonviolence can be especially useful in studies of politics and political and social philosophy.

Politics & Social Sciences

Fisher, Margaret

Social Sciences

Routledge

A study of Ezra Pound's experimental BBC radio operas of the 1930s.Ezra Pound, best known for his Cantos, referred to himself as a "poet and composer" in the 1929 edition of Who's Who. His two BBC radio operas have been obscured by the polemics of his Italian radio broadcasts and his indictment by the United States government for treason during World War II. In this study of Pound's radio operas of the 1930s, Margaret Fisher draws on the unpublished correspondence between Pound and his maverick BBC producer, Edward Archibald Fraser Harding, to reveal a little-known aspect of Pound's career. "Archie" Harding, an advocate of mass microphone access in Britain and the first to produce a global radio linkup, tutored Pound in radio's theoretical and political potential, as well as in specific radio techniques.Pound's first radio opera, transmitted in October 1931 under the title The Testament of François Villon, was one of the first electronically enhanced operas to be broadcast in Europe. At Harding's request, Pound wrote a second radio opera,  Cavalcanti. Although the opera was thought to be unfinished and lost at the time of Pound's death, in 1983 the American composer and conductor Robert Hughes located the various manuscripts and assembled a complete work.Fisher examines Pound's reasons for composing and his theatrical models. She discusses the sound design of the 1931 production, as well as the context in which Pound wrote his radio operas -- artistic trends in film and radio, various broadcasting organizations and facilities, and contemporary radio techniques. She also compares Pound's radio experiments to those of F. T. Marinetti, Walter Ruttman, and Bertolt Brecht. The book, which contains the 1931 radio script and producer's notes, provides the necessary background and analysis to facilitate a recreation of the 1931 broadcast, a contemporary stage performance, or a film or video production.

Ezra Pound's Radio Operas: The BBC Experiments, 1931-1933

Arts & Photography

Music

Mit Pr

Practical Law for Jail and Prison Personnel

West Group

Palm leaf patterns

Panjandrum Press

A social science textbook describing and contrasting the cultural and social development of American colonies in New England, the Middle Atlantic region, the South, and the West.

Colonial America: English Colonies

History

Fowler, Mary Jane

Americas

Gateway Pr

Social studies textbook with brief biographies of seventeen famous American authors, explorers, scientists, and politicians. Includes questions at the end of each chapter and a glossary.

Great Americans

Children's Books

What's different about Northern Virginia? What are your neighbors' secrets to a flourishing garden? In this second edition, over 90 gardeners and naturalists teach us how to create an aesthetic habitat that works for wildlife as well as for ourselves. Topics include: Basic gardening topics -favorite tools, mistakes to avoid, water features, saving money, gardening with children, dealing with deer and other critters, container gardening, growing from seeds, life in the soil, mulch, woodland walks, ferns, trees, groundcovers, ornamental grass, houseplants, bonsai, reliable plants, and more. Edible gardening - fruits and vegetables, tomatoes, blueberries, strawberries, beekeeping. Fitting into our ecosystem - native plants, removing invasive aliens, organic gardening, rain gardens. Information about local resources - garden centers, public gardens, volunteer opportunities, plant sales and shows, garden clubs and societies. A very extensive index will tell you at a glance whether a plant is native, invasive, or deer-resistant.

Take Our Advice: A Handbook for Gardening in Northern Virginia

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

Student Peace Awards of Fairfax County

The perfect companion for student midwives in clinical settings, packed full of useful and practical information to help guide and enable you to get the best out of your midwifery placements. This compact, portable text includes what to expect on each type of placement – whether it be working in a low or high risk environment – from how to prepare for practice, what you can anticipate whilst you’re there, the key essential skills to acquire, what pitfalls and problems to be aware of, and how to deal with them if they do arise. Each chapter contains ‘Top Tips’ from current or recently qualified midwifery students, as well as real life student experiences and suggestions for further readings.

The Hands-on Guide to Midwifery Placements (Hands-on Guides)

Medical Books

Cescutti-Butler, Luisa

Nursing

Wiley/Blackwell

Focusing on central issues in the study of conflict and conflict resolution, this volume sets forth the views of eminent scholars on the forms, uses, and limitations of violence, nonviolence, and symbolic violence. Joan V. Bondurant, as editor of this compilation, defines the important issues, places the often contradictory contributions into perspective, and calls for a new conceptual framework within which workable techniques for the active conduct of conflict can be fashioned.Each of the carefully chosen contributions deal with the most familiar modes of nonviolence--pacifism and civil disobedience. Several experts raise basic questions about pacifism, point out new developments in today's peace movements, and discuss vital topics such as the political implications of the pacifist position, revolution as political change, and the risks of engaging in civil disobedience. For example, H. L. Niebury contradicts popularly held opinion that "violence settles nothing," and argues that the threat of violence induces flexibility and stability in democratic institutions. In "Violence and the Process of Terror," E. V. Walter gives a critical view of the limits of irrational violence and underscores the need to uncover the psychological mechanisms that account for the effectiveness of terror. Exploring the differences between symbolic violence and creative conflict, Ernest Jones details his unique investigation into revolutionaries' styles and their respective degrees of destructiveness.Bondurant concludes with an elaboration of the Gandhian technique of satyagraha to show that, in most instances, nonviolence is actually symbolic violence and that familiar nonviolent techniques cannot meet contemporary imperatives. Ideally suited to a wide range of readers, Conflict: Violence and Nonviolence can be especially useful in studies of politics and political and social philosophy.

Youth courts: Young people delivering justice (Roadmaps)

American Bar Association]

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