Nonviolence: From Gandhi to Martin Luther King

Course Description


An introduction to the science of nonviolence, mainly as seen through the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi. Historical overview of nonviolence East and the West up to the American Civil Rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr., with emphasis on the ideal of principled nonviolence and the reality of mixed or strategic nonviolence in practice, especially as applied to problems of social justice and defense.

Nonviolence: From Gandhi to Martin Luther King


Michael Nagler in Lecture 1: Overview: Strategic and Principled Nonviolence I.

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Video Lectures & Study Materials

# Lecture Play Lecture
1 Overview: Strategic and Principled Nonviolence I Play Video
2 Overview: Strategic and Principled Nonviolence II Play Video
3 How Science and History Weigh in on the Possibility of the Nonviolence Effect I Play Video
4 How Science and History Weigh in on the Possibility of the Nonviolence Effect II Play Video
5 The Gita on Human Action and Life's Purpose I Play Video
6 The Gita on Human Action and Life's Purpose II Play Video
7 Arrival in South Africa to the Birth of Satyagraha (1893-1906); Constructive Program I Play Video
8 Arrival in South Africa to the Birth of Satyagraha (1893-1906); Constructive Program II Play Video
9 Success in South Africa: Return to India and the Year of Silence I Play Video
10 Success in South Africa: Return to India and the Year of Silence II Play Video
11 Tragedy at Amritsar: Rebellion Heats Up I Play Video
12 Tragedy at Amritsar: Rebellion Heats Up II Play Video
13 The Final Phase: Legacy of Triumph and Tragedy I Play Video
14 The Final Phase: Legacy of Triumph and Tragedy II Play Video
15 Nonviolence Midterm Review Play Video
17 Medieval and Modern Nonviolence Christian Sects; the Society of Friends (Quakers) I Play Video
18 Early Pacifism and Non Violence Play Video
19 The American Civil Rights Movement, I: Montgomery, Guest Lecture II Play Video
20 King's Last Years I Play Video
21 King's Last Years II Play Video
22 The Wheel of Nonviolence; Gandhian Economics Play Video
23 Aspects of Nonviolence Since Gandhi and King I Play Video
24 Aspects of Nonviolence Since Gandhi and King II Play Video
25 Nonviolence Course Review I Play Video
26 Nonviolence Course Review II Play Video
27 Lecture 27 Play Video
28 Lecture 28 Play Video

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