PACIFISM IN MODERN WORLD

by Allen

Quotes from the dust Pacifism, often attacked in peace-time and deemed rank heresy in time of war, is here presented, not as a negative withdrawal from conflict but instead as a vigorous, practical method of social progress." Published between the two World Wars, this volume presents various appreoaches of pacifism. "It is impossible to dismiss as a vague and fruitless idealism the way of life which figured so consp[icuiously in the teachings of Jesus, Buddha, Lao-Tse and other great prophets of the ancient world; which inspired the early Christians and many later non-violent groups such as the Bohemian Brethren and the Quakers; and which in more recetn times has found expression through Tolstoy, ROlland, Gandhi, certain relious, peace and labor bodies, and increasing thousands of war resisters in many lands."

283 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1971