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David A. J. Richards examines the lives of five famous male crusaders and political leaders who resisted violence if possible and presented their causes more humanely. Disarming Manhood argues that Winston Churchill, William Lloyd Garrison, Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and Leo Tolstoy shared an alternative psychology, springing from the religious outlook of their mothers and other maternal figures, that enabled them to resist traditional male responses to challenges.

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David Richards brings a novelist's eye and a psychologist's questions to the lives of men who have notably challenged the linkages between manhood and violence. He traces the roots of their resistance to a close relationship with a loved mother or maternal caretaker, whose ethical voice they carry inside them. This is a book for all mothers of sons--for everyone invested in human survival. --Carol Gilligan, author of In a Different Voice

Disarming Manhood is one of the most important books of our time. David Richards brings a novelist’s eye and a psychologist’s questions to the lives of men who have notably challenged the linkages between manhood and violence. He traces the roots of their resistance to a close relationship with a loved mother or maternal caretaker, whose ethical voice they carry inside them. This is a book for all mothers of sons—for everyone invested in human survival. * author of In a Different Voice and The Birth of Pleasure * “Professor Richards offers an illuminating study about how … traditional beliefs can be disarmed to produce new, democratic manhood.” * International Journal of Intelligence Ethics *

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Richards lives in New York City and will appear at Book Expo America 2005, where the book will be unveiled. Richards is a widely published and respected author of academic/crossover books dealing with the law and social issues, such as gay rights and feminism.

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