GOVT 6596

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GOVT 6596
Nonviolence and Political Theory

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2015-2016.

This course will examine the theory and practice of nonviolence from the perspective of its key theorists, practitioners, and critics. Questions we will consider include: Why nonviolence? How should we understand the transformative power of nonviolence? What is the relationship between nonviolence and the body; nonviolence and religion; nonviolence and the state? Are there tensions or trade-offs between the idea of nonviolence as a moral/religious stance and the idea of nonviolence as a strategy of power? What are the limits of nonviolence? We will study key works by theorists of nonviolence including Garrison, Tolstoy, Gandhi, King as well as writing on violence and nonviolence in political theory (eg. Nietzsche, Fanon, Arendt, Benjamin, Foucault, Derrida, Butler, etc.).

When Offered Fall.

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 6596

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16763 GOVT 6596   SEM 101

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  • Undergraduates may enroll with permission of instructor.