Revolutionary Nonviolence

Author : James M Lawson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520402294

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A persuasive account of the philosophy and power of nonviolence organizing, and a resource for building and sustaining effective social movements. Despite the rich history of nonviolent philosophy, many people today are unfamiliar with the basic principles and practices of nonviolence--even as these concepts have guided so many direct-action movements to overturn forms of racial apartheid, military and police violence, and dictatorships around the world. Revolutionary Nonviolence is a crucial resource on the long history of nonviolent philosophy through the teachings of Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., one of the great practitioners of revolution through deliberate and sustained nonviolence. His ongoing work demonstrates how we can overcome violence and oppression through organized direct action, presenting a powerful roadmap for a new generation of activists. Rev. Lawson's work as a theologian, pastor, and social-change activist has inspired hope and liberation for more than sixty years. To hear and see him speak is to experience the power of the prophetic tradition in the African American and social gospel. In Revolutionary Nonviolence, Michael K. Honey and Kent Wong reflect on Rev. Lawson's talks and dialogues, from his speeches at the Nashville sit-in movement in 1960 to his lectures in the current UCLA curriculum. This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to Rev. Lawson's teachings on how to center nonviolence in successfully organizing for change.

Author : Professor Richard Jackson,Joseph Llewellyn,Griffin Manawaroa Leonard,Aidan Gnoth,Tonga Karena
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786998224

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Revolutionary Nonviolence by Professor Richard Jackson,Joseph Llewellyn,Griffin Manawaroa Leonard,Aidan Gnoth,Tonga Karena Pdf

Revolutionary Nonviolence: Concepts, Cases and Controversies provides an advanced introduction to the central philosophy, ideas, themes, controversies and challenges of applying revolutionary nonviolence in political struggles today, with a particular emphasis on reframing nonviolence through a postcolonial lens. Bringing together an eminent group of researchers and activist-scholars, this collection focuses on a number of important questions: Is a commitment to radical nonviolence a necessity for generating revolutionary change in society? Should revolutionary movements abandon their reliance on political violence as a tool of change? What are some of the practical and theoretical challenges of adopting revolutionary nonviolence today? What can we learn from groups, actors and cases of people who have used revolutionary nonviolence to struggle against injustice? With a mix of theoretical and case study based chapters, the volume explores these and other important questions about how to generate necessary and lasting revolutionary change today.

Author : Michael Minch,Laura Finley
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781527547186

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Revolutionary Nonviolence in Violent Times by Michael Minch,Laura Finley Pdf

This edited volume focuses on the evolving nature of peacebuilding. Chapters address important and timely questions, including how groups select their peacebuilding methods, whether any form of violence is acceptable, and the role of neoliberalism. Further, the contributions here, written from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, evaluate the effectiveness of many historical and current peacebuilding efforts. The book offers cutting edge work in the field of peace and conflict studies, and will be useful to academics, students, and educators.

Author : Professor Richard Jackson,Joseph Llewellyn,Griffin Manawaroa Leonard,Aidan Gnoth,Tonga Karena
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786998248

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Revolutionary Nonviolence by Professor Richard Jackson,Joseph Llewellyn,Griffin Manawaroa Leonard,Aidan Gnoth,Tonga Karena Pdf

Revolutionary Nonviolence: Concepts, Cases and Controversies provides an advanced introduction to the central philosophy, ideas, themes, controversies and challenges of applying revolutionary nonviolence in political struggles today, with a particular emphasis on reframing nonviolence through a postcolonial lens. Bringing together an eminent group of researchers and activist-scholars, this collection focuses on a number of important questions: Is a commitment to radical nonviolence a necessity for generating revolutionary change in society? Should revolutionary movements abandon their reliance on political violence as a tool of change? What are some of the practical and theoretical challenges of adopting revolutionary nonviolence today? What can we learn from groups, actors and cases of people who have used revolutionary nonviolence to struggle against injustice? With a mix of theoretical and case study based chapters, the volume explores these and other important questions about how to generate necessary and lasting revolutionary change today.

Author : James M Lawson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520387843

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Revolutionary Nonviolence by James M Lawson Pdf

A persuasive account of the philosophy and power of nonviolence organizing, and a resource for building and sustaining effective social movements. Despite the rich history of nonviolent philosophy, many people today are unfamiliar with the basic principles and practices of nonviolence––even as these concepts have guided so many direct-action movements to overturn forms of racial apartheid, military and police violence, and dictatorships around the world. Revolutionary Nonviolence is a crucial resource on the long history of nonviolent philosophy through the teachings of Rev. James M. Lawson, one of the great practitioners of revolution through deliberate and sustained nonviolence. His ongoing work demonstrates how we can overcome violence and oppression through organized direct action, presenting a powerful roadmap for a new generation of activists. Rev. Lawson’s work as a theologian, pastor, and social-change activist has inspired hope and liberation for more than sixty years. To hear and see him speak is to experience the power of the prophetic tradition in the African American and social gospel. In Revolutionary Nonviolence, Michael K. Honey and Kent Wong reflect on Rev. Lawson's talks and dialogues, from his speeches at the Nashville sit-in movement in 1960 to his lectures in the current UCLA curriculum. This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to Rev. Lawson's teachings on how to center nonviolence in successfully organizing for change.

Author : Erica Chenoweth,Maria J. Stephan
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231527484

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Why Civil Resistance Works by Erica Chenoweth,Maria J. Stephan Pdf

For more than a century, from 1900 to 2006, campaigns of nonviolent resistance were more than twice as effective as their violent counterparts in achieving their stated goals. By attracting impressive support from citizens, whose activism takes the form of protests, boycotts, civil disobedience, and other forms of nonviolent noncooperation, these efforts help separate regimes from their main sources of power and produce remarkable results, even in Iran, Burma, the Philippines, and the Palestinian Territories. Combining statistical analysis with case studies of specific countries and territories, Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan detail the factors enabling such campaigns to succeed and, sometimes, causing them to fail. They find that nonviolent resistance presents fewer obstacles to moral and physical involvement and commitment, and that higher levels of participation contribute to enhanced resilience, greater opportunities for tactical innovation and civic disruption (and therefore less incentive for a regime to maintain its status quo), and shifts in loyalty among opponents' erstwhile supporters, including members of the military establishment. Chenoweth and Stephan conclude that successful nonviolent resistance ushers in more durable and internally peaceful democracies, which are less likely to regress into civil war. Presenting a rich, evidentiary argument, they originally and systematically compare violent and nonviolent outcomes in different historical periods and geographical contexts, debunking the myth that violence occurs because of structural and environmental factors and that it is necessary to achieve certain political goals. Instead, the authors discover, violent insurgency is rarely justifiable on strategic grounds.

Author : Preston M. Sprinkle
Publisher : David C Cook
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830782512

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Nonviolence by Preston M. Sprinkle Pdf

In a unique narrative approach, Sprinkle begins by looking at how the story of God as a whole portrays violence and war, drawing conclusions that guide the reader through the rest of the book. With urgency and precision, he navigates hard questions and examines key approaches to violence, driving every answer back to Scripture. Ultimately, Sprinkle challenges the church to "walk in a manner worthy of our calling" and shape our lives on the example of Christ. Nonviolence: The Revolutionary Way of Jesus is biblically rooted, theologically coherent, and prophetically challenging. It is a defining work that will stir discussions for years to come.

Author : James W. Douglass
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781597526081

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The Non-Violent Cross by James W. Douglass Pdf

One of the ten best religious books of 1968 . . . a fascinating proposal of revolutionary action through non-violence from the Judeo-Christian faith and the experiments in truth of Gandhi. 'New Book Review' 'The Non-Violent Cross' was a crucial text to push me into becoming a pacifist. It remains as relevant today as it was when first published in 1966. Douglass was in conversation not only with Catholic perspectives but also John Howard Yoder. Indeed he was among the first to show us how the most orthodox Christian claims committed the church to the practice of non-violence. We are in Wipf & Stock's debt for bringing the book back into print. Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University It will be Jim's reflections on nonviolence and just war theory for which he will be remembered best. And it is here that his language stretches, bends, and breaks under the strain of the inexplicable. For he is not just settling arguments. He is trying to convey the meaning of the kingdom of Reality which will be the final victory of Truth in history. If that kingdom is ever to come, it will be people like Jim who blazed the way. Walter Wink Not only is this book the most thoroughgoing treatment to date of non-violence...but in its analyses of the current scene it is also a 'tract for the times.' The Christian Century

Author : David T. Dellinger
Publisher : Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Nonviolence
ISBN : UCAL:B4445534

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Revolutionary Nonviolence by David T. Dellinger Pdf

Author : Judith Butler
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788732772

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The Force of Nonviolence by Judith Butler Pdf

“The most creative and courageous social theorist working today” examines the ethical binds that emerge within the force field of violence (Cornel West). “ . . . nonviolence is often seen as passive and resolutely individual. Butler’s philosophical inquiry argues that it is in fact a shrewd and even aggressive collective political tactic.” —New York Times Judith Butler shows how an ethic of nonviolence must be connected to a broader political struggle for social equality. While many think of nonviolence as passive or individualist, Butler argues nonviolence is an ethical position found in the midst of the political field. She champions an ‘aggressive’ nonviolence, which accepts hostility as part of our psychic constitution—but values ambivalence as a way of checking the conversion of aggression into violence. Some challengers say a politics of nonviolence is subjective: What qualifies as violence versus nonviolence? This distinction is often mobilized in the service of ratifying the state’s monopoly on violence. Considering nonviolence as an ethical problem within a political philosophy requires two things: a critique of individualism and an understanding of the psychosocial dimensions of violence. Butler draws upon Foucault, Fanon, Freud, and Benjamin to consider how the interdiction against violence fails to include lives regarded as ‘ungrievable’. By considering how “racial phantasms” inform justifications of state and administrative violence, Butler tracks how violence is often attributed to those who are most severely exposed to its lethal effects. Ultimately, the struggle for nonviolence is found in modes of resistance and social movements that separate aggression from its destructive aims to affirm the living potentials of radical egalitarian politics.

Author : André Trocmé
Publisher : The Plough Publishing House
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781570755385

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Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution by André Trocmé Pdf

André Trocmé of Le Chambon is famous for his role in saving thousands of Jews from the Nazis during World War II. But his bold deeds did not spring from a void. They were rooted in his understanding of Jesus’ way of nonviolence – an understanding that gave him the remarkable insights contained in this long out-of-print classic. In this book, you’ll encounter a Jesus you may have never met before – a Jesus who not only calls for spiritual transformation, but for practical changes that answer the most perplexing political, economic, and social problems of our time.

Author : Professor Richard Jackson,Joseph Llewellyn,Griffin Manawaroa Leonard,Aidan Gnoth,Tonga Karena
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1350222372

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Revolutionary Nonviolence by Professor Richard Jackson,Joseph Llewellyn,Griffin Manawaroa Leonard,Aidan Gnoth,Tonga Karena Pdf

7 Nonviolence Within National Movements: Bds and the Formal Palestinian Political Process -- 8 "Media Jujutsu": Resistance and the Media Power Of Opponents -- 9 Wiremu Patene and the Early Peace Movement at Karakariki -- 10 Reclaiming the Role Of Rongo: A Revolutionary and Radical Form Of Nonviolent Politics -- 11 Understanding Baxter's "Dunedin Lawyer": Alfred Richard Barclay and the Significance Of Boer War Opposition in New Zealand -- Index.

Author : Micah Alpaugh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107082793

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Non-Violence and the French Revolution by Micah Alpaugh Pdf

Challenging scholarly emphasis on French Revolutionary violence, this book instead examines the prevalence of peaceful, democratic methods in Parisian protest.

Author : Greg Moses
Publisher : Garland Science
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1998-08-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1572304073

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Revolution of Conscience by Greg Moses Pdf

Discusses the development of an African American philosophy of non-violence, and describes how Dr. King's ideas fit in this tradition

Author : Barbara Epstein
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1993-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520084339

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Political Protest and Cultural Revolution by Barbara Epstein Pdf

From her perspective as both participant and observer, Barbara Epstein examines the nonviolent direct action movement which, inspired by the civil rights movement, flourished in the United States from the mid-seventies to the mid-eighties. Disenchanted with the politics of both the mainstream and the organized left, and deeply committed to forging communities based on shared values, activists in this movement developed a fresh, philosophy and style of politics that shaped the thinking of a new generation of activists. Driven by a vision of an ecologically balanced, nonviolent, egalitarian society, they engaged in political action through affinity groups, made decisions by consensus, and practiced mass civil disobedience. The nonviolent direct action movement galvanized originally in opposition to nuclear power, with the Clamshell Alliance in New England and then the Abalone Alliance in California leading the way. Its influence soon spread to other activist movements—for peace, non-intervention, ecological preservation, feminism, and gay and lesbian rights. Epstein joined the San Francisco Bay Area's Livermore Action Group to protest the arms race and found herself in jail along with a thousand other activists for blocking the road in front of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. She argues that to gain a real understanding of the direct action movement it is necessary to view it from the inside. For with its aim to base society as a whole on principles of egalitarianism and nonviolence, the movement sought to turn political protest into cultural revolution.