The Pacifist Impulse in Historical Perspective

by Dyck, Harvey L.; Brock, Peter; International Conference on the Pacifist Impulse in Historical perspec

• ISBN13: 9780802007773
• ISBN10: 0802007775
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

This volume of twenty-three essays appears in recognition of the emergence of peace history as a relatively new and coherent field of learning. Together the essays in this book explore the ideas and activities of persons and groups who, for over two millennia, have rejected war and urged non-violent means of settling conflicts.The essays, organized in four parts, concentrate on the main areas of contemporary scholarship in peace history. 'Approaches to Peace History' explores conceptual issues and methods. 'Christian Traditions of Pacifism and Non-resistance' covers topics from the problem of non-violence and war in the early church, through Mennonite and Brethren traditions in the sixteenth century, to the present-day Quaker peace testimony. 'Gandhi and the Indian Tradition of Non-violence' looks at the role of violence and non-violence in Hindu and Buddhist thought and practice as well as the development of Gandhi's intellectual and moral outlook. 'Pacifism and Peace Movements in the Modern World, 1890-1955' considers various aspects of the interrelationship between pacifists and internationalists and the broader movement advocating world peace. Also considered is the role of women in peace movements. The opening and closing chapters pay tribute to the pioneering leadership and scholarly accomplishments of Peter Brock and include a complete bibliography of his work in the field of peace history.

Table of Contents

Preface
Contributors
Peter Brock as a Historian of World-wide Pacifism: An Appreciation	p. 3
Ten Distinctions for Peace Historians	p. 17
Thinking about Peace in History	p. 36
Jacob ter Meulen and Bart de Ligt as Pioneers of Peace History	p. 52
Non-violence and Women's Resistance in Early Christianity	p. 79
War as a Moral Problem in the Early Church: The Historian's Hermeneutical Assumptions	p. 90
Anabaptists and the Sword Revisited: The Trend from Radicalism to Apoliticism	p. 111
The Brethren and Non-resistance	p. 125
The 'Lamb's War' and the Origins of the Quaker Peace Testimony	p. 145
'The Things That Make for Peace': The Context of Pacifism in Quaker Pennsylvania	p. 159
Quaker Women and the Pacifist Impulse in Britain, 1900-1920	p. 182
The Quaker Peace Testimony and the Nobel Peace Prize	p. 207
Himsa and Ahimsa Traditions in Hinduism	p. 227
Peace and Non-violence in Buddhism	p. 240
Gandhi, Tolstoy, and the Tolstoyans	p. 260
Gandhi's Non-violence: Metaphysical, Moral, Political and International Aspects	p. 278
The Reinvention of the 'Just War ' among European Pacifists before the First World War	p. 303
Themes and Contradictions in the American Peace Movement, 1895-1917	p. 320
Pacifism and Revolution: Bertrand Russell and Russia, 1914-1918	p. 341
'Transnationalism' in the Early Women's International League for Peace and Freedom	p. 362
A Question of Respectability and Tactics: Vera Brittain and Food Relief for Occupied Europe, 1941-1944	p. 384
Ambivalence in the Post-Second World War French Peace Movement, 1946-1952	p. 397
The Dilemma of Canadian Pacifists during the Early Cold War Years	p. 413
Bibliography: Books and Articles on Peace History by Peter Brock	p. 425
Index	p. 429
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