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Abstract
Kool draws on recent research to illustrate that whilst the control of violence is a reaction to aggression, nonviolence is, by contrast, an active behaviour. The book explores a wide survey of theories and examples, spanning ideas in cognition, motivation and behaviour that will provide students with an engaging entry point to the subject.
V. K. KOOL is a Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York, USA. His previous teaching positions have included posts at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Oregon. He is considered a leading authority in this area and has written two academic books that were seen as positive additions to the field.
"This book is "the missing link" between the studies of nonviolence and the field of psychology...this is a valuable source of deep thinking to understand the psychological dimensions of peaceful behavior. Kool takes the reader through the main schools of psychology and discusses, with deep knowledge, their relevance for understanding how nonviolent behavior can be understood as a human reaction in certain situations. For psychologists, this volume opens doors to the lesser known world of nonviolent activities in social conflicts. As a complement to the enormous number of works on aggression arld violence, Kool offers a focus on the constructive, peaceful, and creative reactions for humans in conflicts. The problems of understanding and measuring nonviolence are discussed in detail, and several methodologies are examined. As a teacher of nonviolence and conflict resolution at several universities arouud the world, I see this book as an excellent textbook for studies at the graduate level. I find it unique in having so many references to leading theorists within traditional nonviolent research-Mohandas Gandhi, Johan Galtung, Gene Sharp, and Kenneth Boulding, just to mention a few. The well-structured use of outlines at the beginning of each chapter, the outstanding illustrations, closing summaries for each chapter, lists of suggested further reading, and pedagogical language means that this book will not only be valuable for eager students but also a popular textbook."
- Johansen Jorgan, Peace and Conflict, 14:341-342, 2008
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| List of Figures, Tables and Boxes | viii | ||
| Preface | xi | ||
| 1 Understanding and Measuring Nonviolence | 1 | ||
| On the implications of studying nonviolence and violence together | 2 | ||
| Nonviolence and violence as passions | 6 | ||
| Nonviolence in academic psychology | 7 | ||
| Nonviolence: Its nature and definition | 9 | ||
| Nonviolence: A psychological perspective | 15 | ||
| Nonviolence and prospect theory | 21 | ||
| Measurement of nonviolence | 24 | ||
| Summary | 28 | ||
| Suggested readings | 28 | ||
| Appendix: The noviolence test (NVT) | 29 | ||
| The NVT code sheet | 35 | ||
| 2 Human Aggression | 36 | ||
| The complex nature of human aggression | 37 | ||
| Types of aggression | 37 | ||
| Theories of aggression | 40 | ||
| Measurement of aggression | 51 | ||
| Summary | 56 | ||
| Suggested readings | 57 | ||
| 3 Cognition and Self-control: The Engine and Brakes of Nonviolence | 58 | ||
| Information-processing approach to study cognition | 59 | ||
| On nonviolent cultures: Nonviolence as normative and internalized | 63 | ||
| Social identity theory (SIT): Tracking the social side of the cognition of nonviolence | 68 | ||
| Attributions and nonviolence | 71 | ||
| Self-control: The brakes of nonviolence | 73 | ||
| Moral dimension of nonviolence | 76 | ||
| Summary | 86 | ||
| Suggested readings | 87 | ||
| 4 Motivation: The Fuel of Nonviolence | 88 | ||
| Self-interest | 89 | ||
| Power orientation and nonviolence | 93 | ||
| Mutualism versus adversarialism: The vulnerability of being too psychological or sociological | 97 | ||
| Moral exclusion: Us–them dichotomy | 100 | ||
| Positive nonviolence in positive psychology: Exploring human strengths in nonviolence | 101 | ||
| Summary | 114 | ||
| Suggested readings | 114 | ||
| 5 The Nonviolent Individuals: Who Are They Like? | 115 | ||
| The nonviolent heroes: A psychological perspective | 117 | ||
| Resiliency: The ordinary magic of nonviolent individuals | 120 | ||
| Generativity | 123 | ||
| Ripeness | 126 | ||
| Psychology of wisdom | 127 | ||
| Anasakti | 128 | ||
| Components of the nonviolent personality | 129 | ||
| On violent behavior of nonviolent individuals and vice versa | 130 | ||
| Summary | 134 | ||
| Suggested readings | 134 | ||
| 6 Conflict Resolution | 135 | ||
| Levels of conflicts | 138 | ||
| Intra-individual conflict | 138 | ||
| Inter-individual, inter-group and inter-organizational conflicts | 139 | ||
| Protracted conflicts | 142 | ||
| Some early studies on conflicts | 144 | ||
| Cognitions: The drivers of conflict | 150 | ||
| Traditional negotiation | 156 | ||
| Principled or integrative negotiation: Toward a nonviolent approach to conflict resolution | 156 | ||
| School-based programs for the control of aggression and conflict resolution | 168 | ||
| Conflict resolution versus conflict management | 172 | ||
| Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) | 174 | ||
| Restorative Justice (RJ) | 176 | ||
| Summary | 178 | ||
| Suggested readings | 179 | ||
| 7 The Role of Psychology of Nonviolence in the 21st Century | 180 | ||
| Four levels of operation: Theory building, applications, applicability and applied | 181 | ||
| On examining the dimensions of relationship: Psychology of/in/and nonviolence | 184 | ||
| Approaching the levels of nonviolence | 186 | ||
| The culture of nonviolence and peace | 187 | ||
| Terrorism | 191 | ||
| Insights from classic researches in psychology | 193 | ||
| Need for an interdisciplinary approach | 201 | ||
| Structural violence and adversarialism | 201 | ||
| Some practical considerations | 203 | ||
| Summary | 204 | ||
| Suggested readings | 204 | ||
| References | 205 | ||
| Author Index | 227 | ||
| Subject Index | 232 |