nonviolence
Let an agent explain nonviolence as principle and practice, relay its traditions, thinkers and movements with attribution, distinguish principled from pragmatic nonviolence, and present debates about effectiveness neutrally.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain nonviolence as principle and practice, relay its traditions, thinkers and movements with attribution, distinguish principled from pragmatic nonviolence, and present debates about effectiveness neutrally.
The principle and practice of refusing to use violence, as an ethical stance, a philosophy and a method of political and social action, with roots in religious traditions such as Jainism, Buddhism, Christianity and the Quaker peace testimony and in the thought of Tolstoy, Gandhi and King, expressed through nonviolent resistance, civil disobedience and organisations dedicated to nonviolence such as the French Deboulonneurs against advertising; nonviolence ranges from principled pacifism to pragmatic strategy.
What it is for: Pursuing change and ethics without violence.
It can be explain principles and traditions; relay thinkers and movements; distinguish forms; present debates neutrally.
Distinguishing features
Ethical and strategic dimensions
Religious and secular traditions
Methods of civil resistance
Studied for effectiveness
What it looks like
Not a visible object; expressed in actions, texts and organisations.
How it is recognised
Refusal of violence as ethic and method
Religious roots, Gandhi, King, civil resistance
Pacifism is opposition to war specifically; passivity is not nonviolence
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
is practised through - the method
is related to - an overlapping stance
In practice
Families and kinds
principled nonviolence and pacifism
pragmatic nonviolent resistance
religious traditions such as ahimsa and the peace testimony
nonviolent movements and campaigns
organisations related to nonviolence such as the Deboulonneurs
nonviolent communication
Standards and regulation
International Day of Non-Violence, 2 October, by UN resolution
Laws on protest and civil disobedience by country
Failure modes and hazards
Presenting effectiveness debates as settled
Conflating nonviolence with passivity
Partisan framing of movements
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What nonviolence is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and forms.
Definition
Definition.
- What is nonviolence, and how do principled and pragmatic forms differ? definition
- Is the question about nonviolence, pacifism or nonviolent communication? boundary
Traditions
Traditions.
Traditions
Traditions.
- What religious and philosophical traditions ground nonviolence, with attribution? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific tradition? action
Practice Movements and methods.
Attribution.
Movements
Movements.
Movements
Movements.
- Which movements have used nonviolence, from Gandhi and King to recent campaigns, as historians describe? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific movement? action
Methods
Methods.
Methods
Methods.
- What methods of nonviolent action have been catalogued, such as by Gene Sharp? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Debate Effectiveness and critique.
Attribution.
Effectiveness
Effectiveness research.
Effectiveness
Effectiveness.
- What does research such as Chenoweth and Stephan say about effectiveness, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Critique
Critiques.
Critique
Critique.
- What critiques of nonviolence exist, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Context Organisations and education.
Context.
Organisations
Organisations.
Organisations
Organisations.
- Which organisations promote nonviolence, and what do they do? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific organisation? action
Education
Education and training.
Education
Education.
- How is nonviolence taught and trained? provenance
- Which entry fits peace education? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should civil resistance be the primary linked entry?
- How should movement histories be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming an organisation and a Quaker doctrine; should they be split off?