PACS201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mahatma Gandhi, Picketing, Iranian Revolution
9 Apr 2014
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Lecture 9- nonviolent perspectives on power and systemic change. When you hear the word power , what is the first mage that comes to mind: battery, gun, fist, money, capacity. They can limit the opportunity of the oppressors to oppress. It"s cool, it"s interesting- most social and political conflict is nonviolent eg egypt. Its more human- a more human way out with a world with less dehumanizing and destruction. The meaning of nonviolence : non + violence = neg. Pragmatic approach: #1- 4 accentuated. Influence of ethical and religious ideas- ghandi, leo tolstoy, quakers, Mennonites: refusal to dehumanize adversaries. Conflict provides an opportunity to move to a higher level of truth (jeong, p. 325: heart side of nonviolence. The pragmatic side is also needed because if there"s no action then essentially there is just avoidance of confrontation. Both sides compliment each other. Moral or political jiu- jitsu. 9c) methods of nonviolent action.
