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, 2014 The use of nonviolent action is on the rise. From the Occupy Movement to the Arab Spring and mass protests on the streets of Brazil, activists across the world are increasingly using unarmed tactics to challenge oppressive, corrupt and unjust systems ...
Norman, Julie M., Carter Hallward, Maia
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The Development Costs of Revolution: Evidence From Violent and Nonviolent Transitions
Kyklos, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using data from the Varieties of Democracy (V‐Dem) project and the NAVCO catalog (1950–2019), we estimate the developmental effects of successful revolutions through difference‐in‐differences models and event studies. Our findings differ from common expectations: neither violent nor nonviolent revolutions consistently deliver expected ...
Shishir Shakya +2 more
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Conatus - Journal of PhilosophyThis study explores Filipino cultural and political contexts through the lens of Filipino Indigenous thought, focusing on the philosophical underpinnings of the concept of "loob" and its influence on the understanding of love (pag-ibig).
Christine Carmela Ramos
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The Practice of Nonviolence: Teaching an Undergraduate Course in Nonviolent Communication
Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 2019 This Best Practices article outlines 10 tips relative to teaching a course in Nonviolent Communication (NVC). It outlines suggestions for readings, activities, and projects throughout a semester-long undergraduate course.
Sharon Lauricella
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Christian Humanism in the Black Atlantic: The Case of Olaudah Equiano
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores Olaudah Equiano as a pivotal figure in the emergence of a Christian humanism forged within the Black Atlantic. Building on the analyses of Sylvia Wynter and Paul Gilroy, it examines how Equiano's The Interesting Narrative contests the racial figuration of the human that underwrote the development of racial capitalism and ...
Luke Bretherton
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The Role of Mavka in the Articulation of Identity Under Conditions of War in Ukraine
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article aims to examine Mavka, a mythological forest spirit that has become a dynamic figure of resistance against occupation in the Russian‐Ukrainian war. Drawing on textual and visual materials from the Zla Mavka Telegram channel, the analysis conceptualizes Mavka as a symbolic framework that integrates three different identities ...
Miriam Billig, Nadia Iermakov
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Gandhi's Philosophy of Nonviolence: Essential Selections [PDF]
A concise open-access textbook intended for an undergraduate audience, which brings together essential selections from Gandhi on nonviolence with supplementary materials, including: a preface; boxes providing examples, historical notes, extended ...
Barnett, Brian C.
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, 2018 "Richard Gregg's The Power of Nonviolence (PNV) is one of the most important and influential texts in the history of nonviolence. It is even more important today as many aspects of Gregg's philosophy have stood the test of practice and time.
Gregg, Richard Bartlett 1885-1974 +1 more
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Protests as World‐Making Projects
Noûs, EarlyView.ABSTRACT On one common way of distinguishing forms of protest, civil disobedience is a communicative act that aims to achieve its goals through moral persuasion, whereas direct action has as its goal to directly obstruct or deter a perceived injustice.
Lidal Dror, Sukaina Hirji
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Open Theology, 2017 The 1970s in the Soviet Russia were characterized by religious revival among the members of the Soviet counterculture milieu. The young generation often opted for religious ideas and Tolstoyism served as one such option.
Gordeeva Irina
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