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 [0xc0009af7d0 0xc00103d560 0xc0010bca50 0xc0010ec390 0xc0000f2330 0xc0001aa750 0xc000e71920 0xc0001d8660 0xc0005eade0 0xc00061b560 0xc0006aaea0 0xc000ab6db0 0xc000298d50 0xc00091f7a0 0xc0004a7b30 0xc00095f200 0xc0011f2270 0xc001520d50 0xc0015abe60 0xc0013fe000 0xc001ecfd70 0xc000b35d40 0xc000cc1c20 0xc000d18ff0 0xc000d19f20 0xc001025d10 0xc00184a6c0 0xc001c54720 0xc002112930 0xc00213d650 0xc0021967b0 0xc002454ea0 0xc0008311d0 0xc0009445a0 0xc000df1320 0xc0011ef2f0 0xc001225ce0 0xc00128c060 0xc001306cc0 0xc0027034d0 0xc002714ea0 0xc002737680 0xc00279e2a0 0xc002b50150 0xc002b8c6f0] 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