Overview: Strategic and Principled NV; What to Look For I

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Readings for this lecture

Section Ia of course reader: A conceptual framework for nonviolence (10.5 MB PDF)

• Lanza del Vasto, Warriors of Peace. 1974 [excerpt]
• Kenneth Boulding: “The Place of Nonviolence in a General Theory of Power”
• M.K. Gandhi: “Four Basic Terms” from The Harijan. 1920
• Ralph Summy: “Nonviolence and the Case of the Extremely Ruthless Opponent” from Legacy and Future of Nonviolence by True & Adams 1996
• Key Terms Pamphlet by the Einstein Institution
• Arne Naess: Gandhi and Group Conflict: An Exploration of Satyagraha. 1974 [excerpts]

Easwaran, Eknath. Gandhi the Man, Flinders section
Nagler, Michael. Search for a Nonviolent Future, Chapters 1-2
Abu-Nimer, Mohammed. Nonviolence and Peacebuilding in Islam, 5-25 (recommended)

Glossary Terms
Integrative Power, Nonviolence, Person Power

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