Nonviolent Resistance (eBook)

Todd May is Class of 1941 Memorial Professor of Philosophy at Clemson University

Preface

Chapter 1: Vignettes of Nonviolence

Chapter 2: What is Nonviolence?

Chapter 3: Dynamics of Nonviolence

Chapter 4: The Values of Nonviolence: Dignity

Chapter 5: The Values of Nonviolence: Equality

Chapter 6: Nonviolence in Today's World

Endnotes

Todd May persuasively advances our understanding of nonviolent
resistance through his examination of the values of
"dignity" and "equality". Drawing on
numerous examples and lines of thought, he demonstrates that these
values almost always underlie nonviolent resistance and contribute
to its unique power relative to violence and institutional
politics. He adeptly weaves social science and philosophy to leave
the reader with a deep understanding of nonviolence.

Kurt Schock, Rutgers University

The last 40 years has seen the growth of a large and valuable
literature on nonviolence from social scientists, legal scholars,
and activists. One group largely absent from this growing
conversation have been philosophers. Todd May's magnificent new
book remedies this by bringing the very best of contemporary
philosophical theory into active conversation with the concerns and
perspective of an experienced activist. This is no mere abstract
theoretical discussion. Rather, May shows with both erudition and
subtlety why the concerns of political philosophy actually matter
to the work of nonviolent action for social change. This
ground-breaking work is required reading for both scholars and
intellectually engaged practitioners.

Mark Lance, Georgetown University