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MALLAT, C., Philosophy of Nonviolence. Revolution, Constitutionalism, and Justice beyond the Middle East. Oxford University Press, 2015. 408p. Hardback. Chibli Mallat invites us to think about what has been obscured by the reactionary turn in the ongoing revolutions in the Arab world: the non-violent origins of the revolts, and the possibilities of nonviolent action following violent turns. Structured around the three central themes of revolution, constitutionalism, and justice, he shows the necessary links between strategies, institutional arrangements, and the telos of political change. Moving back and forth between revolutionary France and the present Middle East, and between philosophical discourse and constitutional proposals, Mallat's Philosophy of Nonviolence makes a plea for a fine-grained processual analysis to frame these revolutions, whose significance goes beyond their specific locales to our collective futures. This inspiring and erudite book deserves a wide readership. John Borneman, Professor of Anthropology, Princeton University |a 13/02/15 (Publisher's information). € 163.05 (New) (Printed on Demand) (approx. delivery time: 4 weeks) ISBN: 9780199394203