Cesar Chavez and the common sense of nonviolence / José-Antonio Orosco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orosco, José-Antonio, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993.

Chavez, Cesar.

Labor leaders--United States.

Labor leaders.

United States.

Nonviolence.

Physical Description:

viii, 143 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2008]

Summary:

Cesar Chavez has long been heralded for his personal practice of nonviolent resistance in struggles against social, racial, and labor injustices. However, the works of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. have long overshadowed Chavez's contributions to the theory of nonviolence. Jose-Antonio Orosco seeks to elevate Chavez as an original thinker, providing an analysis of what Chavez called "the commonsense of nonviolence." By engaging Chavez in dialogue with a variety of political theorists and philosophers, Orosco demonstrates how Chavez developed distinct ideas about nonviolent theory that are timely for dealing with today's social and political issues, including racism, sexism, immigration, globalization, and political violence.

Contents:

Cesar Chavez as a political thinker

Pilgrimage, penitence, and revolution: the logic of nonviolence

"The most vicious type of oppression": the broken promises of armed struggle

The strategies of property destruction and sabotage for social justice

Refusing to be a macho: decentering race and gender

"The common sense of nonviolence": time and crisis in King and Chavez.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780826343758

0826343759

OCLC:

175289978