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The Cultural Sociology Of Human Rights, Mark D. Jacobs, Lester R. Kurtz
The Cultural Sociology Of Human Rights, Mark D. Jacobs, Lester R. Kurtz
Lester R. Kurtz
These cases of China, Occupy, and Gandhi suggest the value of the sociology of culture for understanding human rights. Since human rights is a cultural construct, human rights issues are in-flected by the same set of semantic tensions as the culture concept itself. The sociology of culture thus recommends a method for studying human rights: to explicate--indeed, to weave into an exegetical deep structure--those various tensions. This helps to see beneath the distortions that power and other forms of domination introduce into the discourse of human rights, and to recognize the full multiplicity of interests and voices.
Mahatma Gandhi, Lester R. Kurtz
Mahatma Gandhi, Lester R. Kurtz
Lester R. Kurtz
Mahatma Gandhi, is widely cited by contemporary activists as a source of inspiration and strategies. Gandhi was arguably unparalleled at mobilizing resources, taking advantage of – and creating – political opportunities, and effectively framing such messages as justice, equality, and independence or freedom (Swaraj, self-reliance). His legacy has almost become a cliché among movement organizers worldwide.
Abdul Ghaffar Khan's Nonviolent Jihad, Lester R. Kurtz
Abdul Ghaffar Khan's Nonviolent Jihad, Lester R. Kurtz
Lester R. Kurtz
Examines Abdul Ghaffar Khan's nonviolent civil resistance rooted in Islam and growing out of a violent mountain culture in the Northwest Frontier Province of British India. The movement he mobilized counters the misunderstandings about Islam as fundamentally violent and the idea that nonviolent resistance cannot come out of a violent culture.
How Shall We Fight Imperialism? A Response To Stephen Gowans, Lester R. Kurtz
How Shall We Fight Imperialism? A Response To Stephen Gowans, Lester R. Kurtz
Lester R. Kurtz
No abstract provided.
Conflict Resolution, Provocation Or Transformation? Ask Gandhi, Lester R. Kurtz, Daniel Ritter
Conflict Resolution, Provocation Or Transformation? Ask Gandhi, Lester R. Kurtz, Daniel Ritter
Lester R. Kurtz
No abstract provided.
Peaceful Relationships, Lester R. Kurtz
Peaceful Relationships, Lester R. Kurtz
Lester R. Kurtz
Peaceful relationships are sustained interactions characterized by the absence or low levels of violence. Easier to theorize or write about than to sustain in practice, from interpersonal interactions to relations at the global level and among states, institutions, and social groups, peaceful relationships are the building blocks of a more peaceful world. Interwoven with a web of violence in human affairs is a web of peaceful relations, from the micro level to the macro level, that probably shape most human behavior.
Preface, Lester R. Kurtz
Gandhi And His Legacies, Lester R. Kurtz
Sustainable Development, Anita Komandari, Lester R. Kurtz
Sustainable Development, Anita Komandari, Lester R. Kurtz
Lester R. Kurtz
The dominant model of development, characterized by large-scale industrialization and neoliberal policies, is unsustainable in terms of its role in the marginalization of many segments of human society and the exploitation of nature. This article presents the imperative need for a development model that is sustainable, arguing that it is important to break out of the unilateral ideology of devel- opment and incorporate democratic pluralism. It discusses some important aspects of a community-centric development model that form the foundations of sustain- ability, namely, community control and management of resources, community self-rule, and self-reliance.
Gandhi's Paradox: The Warrior And The Pacifist, Lester R. Kurtz
Gandhi's Paradox: The Warrior And The Pacifist, Lester R. Kurtz
Lester R. Kurtz
No abstract provided.
Dalai Lama Darshan, Lester R. Kurtz
From Heresies To Holy Wars: Toward A Theory Of Religious Conflict, Lester R. Kurtz
From Heresies To Holy Wars: Toward A Theory Of Religious Conflict, Lester R. Kurtz
Lester R. Kurtz
Explores the elements of a theory of religious conflict, starting with Simmel's understanding of conflict as a form of human sociation and religion as content of a conflict (religious rhetoric and framing are used to carry or explain the conflict) vs. the form of religious conflict, in which the conflict itself takes on a sacred nature. I also examine the ritualization of conflict and the nature of conflict symbols, that is highly-charged symbols that become lightning rods for conflict.
Rethinking Power, Lester R. Kurtz
Karma As Social Theory, Lester R. Kurtz
Solving The Qur’Anic Paradox, Lester R. Kurtz, Mariam Ramadhani Kurtz
Solving The Qur’Anic Paradox, Lester R. Kurtz, Mariam Ramadhani Kurtz
Lester R. Kurtz
No abstract provided.
Parading Persuasion: Nonviolent Collective Action As Discourse In Northern Ireland, Lester R. Kurtz
Parading Persuasion: Nonviolent Collective Action As Discourse In Northern Ireland, Lester R. Kurtz
Lester R. Kurtz
No abstract provided.
Hildegard Goss-Mayr, Lester R. Kurtz
Local Gods And Universal Faiths, Lester R. Kurtz
Local Gods And Universal Faiths, Lester R. Kurtz
Lester R. Kurtz
No abstract provided.
"We Have Bare Hands'" Nonviolent Social Movements In The Soviet Block, Lee Smithey, Lester R. Kurtz
"We Have Bare Hands'" Nonviolent Social Movements In The Soviet Block, Lee Smithey, Lester R. Kurtz
Lester R. Kurtz
No abstract provided.
Third World Voices Redefining Peace., Lester R. Kurtz, Shu-Ju Ada Cheng
Third World Voices Redefining Peace., Lester R. Kurtz, Shu-Ju Ada Cheng
Lester R. Kurtz
Suggests that "Third World countries" exists as a category and that people who live there have a distinct perspective on peace. Redefinition and reconceptualization of peace from various standpoints; Regional perspectives on peace; Western definition of peace.
Untangling The Web Of Violence, Lester R. Kurtz, Jennifer Turpin
Untangling The Web Of Violence, Lester R. Kurtz, Jennifer Turpin
Lester R. Kurtz
No abstract provided.
Between Scylla And Charybdis: Sociological Objectivity And Bias, Lester R. Kurtz
Between Scylla And Charybdis: Sociological Objectivity And Bias, Lester R. Kurtz
Lester R. Kurtz
The Greek tragic flaw refers to a virtue extended to such an extreme that it becomes a vice. Sociology's tragic flaw includes a virtue - the pursuit of objectivity - when carried to an extreme exchanges personal prejudices for abstract ones.
The Politics Of Heresy, Lester R. Kurtz
Freedom And Domination, Lester R. Kurtz