Masculine codes of honor and dominance often are expressed in acts of violence, including war and terrorism. In Disarming Manhood: Roots of Ethical Resistance, David A.J. Richards examines the lives of five famous men—great leaders and crusaders—who actively resisted violence and presented their causes with more humane alternatives.Richards argues that Winston Churchill, William Lloyd Garrison, Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and Leo Tolstoy shared a psychology whose nonviolent roots were deeply influenced by a loving, maternalistic ethos deeply influenced by the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. Drawing upon psychology, history, political theory, and literature, Richards threads a connection between these leaders and the maternal figures who profoundly shaped their responses to conflict. Their lives and work underscore how the outlook of maternal care givers and women enables some men to resist the violent responses characteristic of traditional manhood. The voice of nonviolent masculinity has empowered important democratic movements of ethical transformation, including civil disobedience in South Africa, India, and the United States. Disarming Manhood demonstrates that as Churchill, Garrison, Gandhi, King, and Tolstoy carried out their various missions they were galvanized by teachings whose ethical foundations rejected unjust violence and favored peaceful alternatives. Accessibly written and free of jargon, Disarming Manhood's exploration of human nature and maternal bonds will interest a wide audience as it furthers the understanding of human nature itself and contributes to the fields of developmental psychology and feminist scholarship.

David A.J. Richards is Edwin D. Webb Professor of Law at New York University, where he teaches constitutional law, criminal law, and a seminar on gender and democracy. He is the author of eleven books.

Contents
Acknowledgments	000
Chapter 1: Ethical Voice and Resistance	000
Garrison and Antebellum Radical Abolitionism: Political Theory and Psychology	000
Political Theory	000
Psychology	000
Nonviolent Resistance	000
Hawthorne on Sexual Voice	000
The Psychology of Resistance	000
Men, Honor, and Obligatory Violence	000
Democratic Manhood	000
Why Jesus? 	000
Why These Men?: Resistance and Blockages to Resistance	000
Chapter 2: Tolstoy on Nonviolence	000
Tolstoy's Early Life and Art	000
Tolstoy's Marriage and His Mature Novels	000
Tolstoy on Nonviolence	000
Tolstoy's Importance to Nonviolence	000
Chapter 3: Gandhi on Nonviolence	000
Gandhi's Early Life and the Turn to Nonviolence	000
The Invention of Satyagraha: South Africa	000
Satyagraha in India	000
Gandhi's Voice as Woman's Voice: Ethical Strengths and Perils	000
Chapter 4: King on Nonviolence	000
African-American Protest as a Tradition	000
King's Early Life	000
King's Graduate Education, Religion, and Marriage	000
Nonviolence in Montgomery	000
Nonviolence in Birmingham and the March on Washington	000
Nonviolence in Selma	000
The Scope and Limits of Nonviolent Voice in King	000
Chapter 5: Churchill's Resisting Voice	000
Churchill's Background and Early Life	000
Churchill's Resisting Voice	000
Churchill's Resisting Voice, Jennie's Sexual Voice	000
Chapter 6: Disarming Manhood	000
Notes	000
Bibliography	000
Index	000