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A theory of nonviolent action : how civil resistance works / Stellan Vinthagen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Zed Books, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: viii, 400 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781780320540
  • 178032054X
  • 9781780325156
  • 1780325150
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.6/1 23
LOC classification:
  • HM1281 .V73
Contents:
Introduction : the practice of nonviolent action -- Nonviolent actions studies -- The concept of nonviolence -- The rationality of nonviolent action -- Nonviolent "dialogue facilitation" -- Nonviolent "power breaking" -- Nonviolent "utopian enactment" -- Nonviolent "normative regulation" -- A theory of nonviolent action -- Appendix: the philosophy of Gandhi.
Summary: "In this ground-breaking and much-needed book, Stellan Vinthagen provides the first major systematic attempt to develop a theory of nonviolent action since Gene Sharp's seminal "The Politics of Nonviolent Action" in 1973. Employing a rich collection of historical and contemporary social movements as examples -- from the civil rights movement in America to anti-Apartheid protesters in South Africa to Gandhi and his followers in India -- and addressing core theoretical issues in an innovative, penetrating way, Vinthagen argues for a repertoire of nonviolence that combines resistance and construction."--Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-387) and index.

Introduction : the practice of nonviolent action -- Nonviolent actions studies -- The concept of nonviolence -- The rationality of nonviolent action -- Nonviolent "dialogue facilitation" -- Nonviolent "power breaking" -- Nonviolent "utopian enactment" -- Nonviolent "normative regulation" -- A theory of nonviolent action -- Appendix: the philosophy of Gandhi.

"In this ground-breaking and much-needed book, Stellan Vinthagen provides the first major systematic attempt to develop a theory of nonviolent action since Gene Sharp's seminal "The Politics of Nonviolent Action" in 1973. Employing a rich collection of historical and contemporary social movements as examples -- from the civil rights movement in America to anti-Apartheid protesters in South Africa to Gandhi and his followers in India -- and addressing core theoretical issues in an innovative, penetrating way, Vinthagen argues for a repertoire of nonviolence that combines resistance and construction."--Back cover.

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