POL 036 - Philosophy and Practice of Non-Violence

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences · Political Science and International Relations (English) · Undergraduate

ECTS: 5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
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Course Objective

What are the aims and strategies of non-violence? The course will introduce the development of nonviolence from the beginning of the twentieth century until the present. Students will be able to identify the key figures in this global yet diverse movement. Further, students will become familiar with the key concepts and strategies formulated by pacifist activists from religious and secular traditions of nonviolent resistance.

Course Content

Students will examine the rise of non-violence, and its various concepts and strategies through specific case studies that include Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela, Gene Sharpe, Jawdat Said, Japanese Pacifism, ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons).

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Awareness of the development of non-violence
  2. Ability to identify similarities and differences among various non-violence theorists and their ideas
  3. Ability to analyse diversity of non-violent campaigns and projects
  4. Ability to express ideas in writing