Michael N. Nagler

Michael N. Nagler (born January 20, 1937) is an American academic and peace activist.

Life

He graduated from New York University, and University of California, Berkeley with an M.A. and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature.^[1] He is Professor Emeritus at University of California, Berkeley.^[2] He founded and was at various times chair of the Peace And Conflict Studies Program.^[3]

His work appeared in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.^[4]

Nagler has served as the co-Chair of the Peace and Justice Studies Association since 2008.

He is also on the advisory board of FFIPP-USA (Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace-USA), a network of Palestinian, Israeli, and International faculty, and students, working in for an end of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and just peace.^[5]

He is currently president of the Metta Center for Nonviolence Education, an organization which tries to raise public awareness of nonviolence and keep activists informed.^[6]

Nagler is also a Contributing Author for the online news and commentary site New Clear Vision.

Awards

• 2007 Janmalal Bajaj International Award for Promoting Gandhian Values Outside India ^[7]
• 2002 American Book Award

Works

• "The Time For Nonviolence Has Come", Yes Magazine, May 20, 2004
• "The Cassandra Syndrome", truth out, April 14, 2009

• Michael N. Nagler (1974). Spontaneity and Tradition, A Study in the Oral Art of Homer. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520022454. 
• Michael N. Nagler (2001). the search for a nonviolent future. Berkeley Hills Books. ISBN 9781893163164. 
• The Upanishads. Afterword Michael N. Nagler; Translator Eknath Easwaran. Nilgiri Press. 2007. ISBN 9781586380212. http://books.google.com/books?id=4-N8jep05M8C&pg=PT295&lpg=PT295&dq=Michael+N.+Nagler&source=bl&ots=wjftjJI146&sig=IkqLjIzxcnZqKGHUq4VHqvPrOr4&hl=en&ei=GDMRS-LlE4bglAfMkomxAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CCAQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 

Anthologies

• Vinson Brown, ed (1983). "Peace as a Paradigm Shift". Prevent doomsday: an anti nuclear anthology : imperative essays on the nuclear nightmare vs. world peace. Branden Books. ISBN 9780828318754. http://books.google.com/books?id=wCXemqHHLwwC&pg=PA41&dq=Michael+N.+Nagler#v=onepage&q=Michael%20N.%20Nagler&f=false. 
• Seth L. Schein, ed (1996). "Dread Goddess Revisited". Reading the Odyssey: selected interpretive essays. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691044392. http://books.google.com/books?id=LtK5WwR5HVwC&pg=PA141&dq=Michael+N.+Nagler#v=onepage&q=Michael%20N.%20Nagler&f=false. 
• Senthil Ram, Ralph Summy, ed (2007). "The Mahatma and the Mudjihadeen: Gandhi's Answer to Terrorism". Nonviolence: An Alternative for Defeating Global Terror(ism). Nova Publishers. ISBN 9781600218125. http://books.google.com/books?id=Yopi-nCzQF8C&pg=PA47&dq=Michael+N.+Nagler#v=onepage&q=Michael%20N.%20Nagler&f=false. 

References

1. ^ http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/imgs/Biodata/JBA_2007_Bio_Michael_Nagler.pdf
2. ^ http://classics.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/person_detail.php?person=33
3. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=hFeGNwAACAAJ&dq=Michael+N.+Nagler&lr=
4. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=RQsAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA49&dq=Michael+N.+Nagler&lr=#
5. ^ http://www.ffipp.org/about_us#
6. ^ http://www.mettacenter.org/
7. ^ http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/imgs/Biodata/JBA_2007_Bio_Michael_Nagler.pdf

External links

• "Author's website"
• "Webcasts and syllabuses for Nagler's course PACS 164 2006/2007 at UC Berkeley"
• "Book Reviews", Phoenix

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