PEACEST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Henry David Thoreau, Gene Sharp, Nonviolence
20 Dec 2016
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Peace studies lecture 8: monday october 3rd 2016. The most likely consequence of violence is violence. Currently the most common reaction/response to violence is violence. Violence does not mean emancipation from fear but discovering the means of combating the cases of fear. Nonviolence, on the other hand, has no cause for fear it is nonviolence only when we love those who hate us. I know how difficult it is to follow this grand law of love. No man can be actively nonviolent and not rise against social injustice no matter where it ocurred. The key idea, the only way to break the circle of violence s through a non-violent act (breaking the circle) Nonviolence is not passivity, it is a form of action. Restrictive sense: tactics for overcoming any oppressive system. Wide sense: any attempts to overthrow relationships based on violence, domination and oppression.
