The Search for a Nonviolent Future: A Promise of Peace for Ourselves, Our Families, and Our World

Michael N. Nagler

Okt. 2010 · New World Library

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Beginning with the achievements of Mahatma Gandhi, and following the legacy of nonviolence through the struggles against Nazism in Europe, racism in America, oppression in China and Latin America, and ethnic conflicts in Africa and Bosnia, Michael Nagler unveils a hidden history. Nonviolence, he proposes, has proven its power against arms and social injustice wherever it has been correctly understood and applied. Nagler's approach is not only historical but also spiritual, drawing on the experience of Gandhi and other activists and teachers. Individual chapters include A Way Out of Hell, The Sweet Sound of Order, and A Clear Picture of Peace. The last chapter includes a five-point blueprint for change and "study circle" guide. The foreword by Arun Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, is new to this edition.

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Michael N. Nagler is a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, where he founded the Peace and Conflict Studies Program, and now heads the Metta Center for Nonviolence (also based in Berkeley). He has authored many books and articles on nonviolence and meditation and is a frequent speaker around the world on these subjects. He lives in Tomales, California.