Blood and Progress Violence in Pursuit of Emancipation

Nick Hewlett

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How do we decide when violence in pursuit of emancipation is legitimate and what form - if any - should it take? Nick Hewlett places the goal of a wholly peaceful society centre-stage to give us a new understanding of violence in the pursuite of peace.

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ISBN:	9781474410595
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:	Edinburgh University Press
Pub date:	30 Sep 2016
DEWEY:	303.484
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	208
Weight:	442g
Height:	268mm
Width:	165mm
Spine width:	17mm