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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vinthagen, Stellan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonviolence.

Civil disobedience.

Passive resistance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (410 p.)

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2015.

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.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 2, 2015).

ISBN:

9781350251212

1350251216

9781780320557

1780320558

9781780320533

1780320531

OCLC:

928890423