Critique of Nonviolent Politics
From Mahatma Gandhi to the Anti-Nuclear Movement

Ryan, Howard
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Year First Published:  {23841 Critique of Nonviolent Politics CRITIQUE OF NONVIOLENT POLITICS From Mahatma Gandhi to the Anti-Nuclear Movement Ryan, Howard http://www.connexions.org/CxLibrary/Docs/CX9124-Ryan-CritiqueofNonviolentPolitics02.pdf http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/pubs/peace/02Ryan.pdf Ryan accepts that sometimes nonviolence can be effective, but says that sometimes it is not: "a principled insistence on nonviolence can in some circumstances be dangerous to progressive social movements." He says that nonviolence theory "is troubled by moral dogma and mechanical logic." 1984 2002 174pp PMP Pamphlet - <br> <br> <br>Table of Contents <br> <br>Preface <br> <br>Part I Problems of Nonviolent Theory <br>1 Nonviolent Philosophy <br>2 Moral View: Violence Itself Is Wrong <br>3 Practical View: Violence Begets Violence <br>4 Nonviolent Theory of Power <br>5 Voluntary Suffering <br>6 Common Nonviolent Arguments <br>7 A Class Perspective <br> <br>Part II Gandhi: A Critical History <br>8 Father of Nonviolence <br>9 Satyagraha in South Africa <br>10 Textile Strike <br>11 Noncooperation Movement 1919-22 <br>12 Religious Conflicts <br>13 Salt Satyagraha <br>14 Congress Ministries <br>15 The War Years <br>16 Independence and Bloodshed <br> <br>Part III Nonviolence in the Anti-Nuclear Movement <br>17 Nonviolent Direct Action <br>18 Consensus Decision Making <br>19 Open, Friendly, and Respectful <br>20 Civil Disobedience <br> <br>Epilogue <br> <br>Notes CX9124 1 true true false CX9124.htm [0xc000bfa9c0 0xc001a870b0 0xc001b06240 0xc001b21b00 0xc00021ed80 0xc000279080 0xc0023a0d50 0xc0001dd890 0xc0024223c0 0xc0004ad560 0xc000640150 0xc000b0baa0 0xc0001a1fb0 0xc000789740 0xc001538390 0xc000241200 0xc0007f8cf0 0xc0010046f0 0xc0010ed380 0xc0018e6f90 0xc001acbb00 0xc0000ffb60 0xc0002a76b0 0xc000318a20 0xc000319950 0xc00058ad20 0xc000e58870 0xc000f21800 0xc001531320 0xc0015a19e0 0xc0016be810 0xc001beedb0 0xc001cfe000 0xc0025432f0 0xc0026dced0 0xc0003f75c0 0xc000415f80 0xc0004801e0 0xc00057e8d0 0xc001927890 0xc001981260 0xc001a299b0 0xc001c0c480 0xc0027c7aa0 0xc002805dd0] Cx}
Year Published:  2002
Pages:  174pp   Resource Type:  Pamphlet
Cx Number:  CX9124

Ryan accepts that sometimes nonviolence can be effective, but says that sometimes it is not: "a principled insistence on nonviolence can in some circumstances be dangerous to progressive social movements." He says that nonviolence theory "is troubled by moral dogma and mechanical logic."

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Table of Contents

Preface

Part I Problems of Nonviolent Theory
1 Nonviolent Philosophy
2 Moral View: Violence Itself Is Wrong
3 Practical View: Violence Begets Violence
4 Nonviolent Theory of Power
5 Voluntary Suffering
6 Common Nonviolent Arguments
7 A Class Perspective

Part II Gandhi: A Critical History
8 Father of Nonviolence
9 Satyagraha in South Africa
10 Textile Strike
11 Noncooperation Movement 1919-22
12 Religious Conflicts
13 Salt Satyagraha
14 Congress Ministries
15 The War Years
16 Independence and Bloodshed

Part III Nonviolence in the Anti-Nuclear Movement
17 Nonviolent Direct Action
18 Consensus Decision Making
19 Open, Friendly, and Respectful
20 Civil Disobedience

Epilogue

Notes

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