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 [0xc000a437d0 0xc001031560 0xc0010b0a50 0xc0010de390 0xc0001ea330 0xc000248750 0xc000eea0c0 0xc0002c0480 0xc0000dcde0 0xc00068d560 0xc000926ea0 0xc0001cc450 0xc0004203f0 0xc000bb8e40 0xc000475b30 0xc0008b1200 0xc0010f8270 0xc001a6ad50 0xc001abde60 0xc001e84b10 0xc002081d10 0xc0009fdd40 0xc000b95c20 0xc000c18ff0 0xc000c19f20 0xc000f59d10 0xc0016886c0 0xc001aa0720 0xc001eb9470 0xc001f4c1b0 0xc0021072f0 0xc00204ffb0 0xc00026d560 0xc00035c930 0xc0006696b0 0xc000b1b680 0xc000b78090 0xc000bbc3f0 0xc000cff050 0xc002331860 0xc002375230 0xc002681a10 0xc0026e4630 0xc002a6c4e0 0xc002aaca80] 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