Grassroots Activism of Ancient China
Mohism and Nonviolence
Seiten
2022
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-2234-1 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-2234-1 (ISBN)
This book examines Mohism as a movement in early China. To analyze how the Mohists pursued power, the author analyzes nonviolence as a goal and strategy of the Mohist movement, the Mohists’ creation of strategic knowledge, and their quest for a personhood that made their activism possible.
This book examines Mohism as a movement in early China, focusing on the Mohists’ pursuit of power. Fashioning themselves as grassroots activists, the Mohists hoped to impact the elite by gaining entry in its community and influencing it from within. To create a less violent world, they deployed strategies of persuasion and negotiation but did not discard counterviolence in their dealings with the ruling class. In executing their activism, the Mohists produced knowledge that allowed them to hone their nonviolent strategies as well as to mount armed resistance to aggression. In addition, the Mohists paid significant attention to the issue of personhood, constructing a self-cultivation tradition unsparing in its demands for overcoming human conditions that would impede their performance as activists. This book situates Mohism in the history of nonviolent activism, and in that of negotiation and conflict resolution.
This book examines Mohism as a movement in early China, focusing on the Mohists’ pursuit of power. Fashioning themselves as grassroots activists, the Mohists hoped to impact the elite by gaining entry in its community and influencing it from within. To create a less violent world, they deployed strategies of persuasion and negotiation but did not discard counterviolence in their dealings with the ruling class. In executing their activism, the Mohists produced knowledge that allowed them to hone their nonviolent strategies as well as to mount armed resistance to aggression. In addition, the Mohists paid significant attention to the issue of personhood, constructing a self-cultivation tradition unsparing in its demands for overcoming human conditions that would impede their performance as activists. This book situates Mohism in the history of nonviolent activism, and in that of negotiation and conflict resolution.
Hung-Yok Ip teaches East Asian and world history at Oregon State University.
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction: Mohism and Nonviolence
Chapter 2. Sources and Milieu: A Quick Introduction
Chapter 3. Fighting against Violence: Grassroots Activists and Transgrassroots Activism
Chapter 4. Early China: Nonviolence, Knowledge, and Personhoods
Chapter 5. The Use of Nonviolence: Mohist Activism and the Mohist Personhood
Chapter 6. Epilogue: Mohism and the History of Nonviolence
Chapter 7. Epilogue: Mohism, Negotiation, and Conflict Resolution
Chapter 8. Postscript: Mohism, Nonviolence, and Counterviolence
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 07.02.2022 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 162 x 227 mm |
| Gewicht | 612 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| ISBN-10 | 1-7936-2234-5 / 1793622345 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-7936-2234-1 / 9781793622341 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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