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 - 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 CX9124 1 true true false CX9124.htm [0xc000a24de0 0xc00175a030 0xc0017cb3e0 0xc0017f8cc0 0xc0001c15c0 0xc00020d8c0 0xc002094690 0xc000276780 0xc0000eda70 0xc00058cd20 0xc0008a0420 0xc0009fb350 0xc000342c90 0xc000976780 0xc00024f200 0xc0005fe1b0 0xc000dce1b0 0xc0016ea180 0xc0017850e0 0xc001c50f00 0xc001ea9bf0 0xc000592d80 0xc0006a4960 0xc0006f1ce0 0xc000736c30 0xc000ac8240 0xc0010e20f0 0xc00157d440 0xc0019a7050 0xc0019f9710 0xc001ad4570 0xc0022e8f60 0xc00015f470 0xc0002505a0 0xc00056eba0 0xc0009c3e00 0xc000a427e0 0xc000a9cab0 0xc000bdd410 0xc002221320 0xc002240cf0 0xc0022754a0 0xc0022f5f80 0xc0028b4000 0xc0028f4360] Cx}
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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

Critique of Nonviolent PoliticsFrom Mahatma Gandhi to the Anti-Nuclear Movement

Subject Headings

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