Gandhi and Beyond: Nonviolence for an Age of Terrorism

"Gandhi and Beyond is a marvelous book, admirably researched and accessibly written, suitable for courses in nonviolence and peace studies, or for anyone wanting to learn more about this crucially important topic."

David P. Barash, University of Washington,
and author of Peace and Conflict Studies, Approaches to Peace, and Understanding Violence

"David Cortright is a life-long activist and respected scholar. In Gandhi and Beyond, he convincingly shows the power of nonviolence as a philosophy of life, not just a method of social action . . . to those, especially a new generation, who are seeking a better way to respond to their world. I commend this book to all who are seeking an alternative to violence."
Jim Wallis, author of God's Politics and editor of Sojourners

"David Cortright presents an overview of nonviolence that is warm yet critical, theoretical yet practical, historical and also transcontinental. Scholars and practitioners of peaceful struggle will profit from it and also enjoy it."
Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi,
and visiting professor, University of Illinois

July 2006

By David Cortright

Is there room for nonviolence in an age of terrorism?

Longtime peace activist and authority on creative nonviolence David Cortright makes a strong case for the need for nonviolent action now more than ever.

Drawing on the legend and lessons of Gandhi, Cortright traces the history of nonviolent social activism through the early 20th century to the civil rights movement, the Vietnam era, and up to the present war in Iraq.

Gandhi and Beyond offers a critical evaluation and refinement of Gandhi's message, laying the foundation of a renewed and deepened dedication to nonviolence as the universal path to social progress and antidote to terrorism.

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David Cortright is chair of the Board and Senior Fellow of the Fourth Freedom Forum in Goshen, Indiana and codirector of its Sanctions and Security Research Program. He is also director of Policy Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He has served as consultant or advisor to various agencies of the United Nations, the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict, the International Peace Academy, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Along with George A. Lopez he has provided research and consulting services to the Foreign Ministry of Sweden, the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, and the Foreign Ministry of Germany. He has written widely on nuclear disarmament, nonviolent social change, and the use of incentives and sanctions as tools of international peacemaking.

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