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PACS 164A Introduction to Nonviolence

11:00-12:30 PM | 213 Wheeler
Instructor Michael Nagler

PACS 164A: Introduction to Nonviolence - Fall 2006. 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. For additional information please go to the following websites:

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				Tue 8/29	Overview: Strategic and Principled NV; What to Look For I
				Thu 8/31	Overview: Strategic and Principled NV; What to Look For II
				Tue 9/5	More Background: How Science and History Weigh in on the Possibility of the NV Effect I
				Thu 9/7	More Background: How Science and History Weigh in on the Possibility of the NV Effect II
				Tue 9/12	The Vedanta as Old/New Paradigm: The Gita on Human Action and Life's Purpose I
				Thu 9/14	The Vedanta as Old/New Paradigm: The Gita on Human Action and Life's Purpose II
				Tue 9/19	The First Phase: Arrival in South Africa to the Birth of Satyagraha (1893-1906); Constructive Program I
				Thu 9/21	The First Phase: Arrival in South Africa to the Birth of Satyagraha (1893-1906); Constructive Program II
				Tue 9/26	Success in South Africa: Return to India and the Year of Silence I
				Thu 9/28	Success in South Africa: Return to India and the Year of Silence II
				Tue 10/3	Tragedy at Amritsar: Rebellion Heats Up I
				Thu 10/5	Tragedy at Amritsar: Rebellion Heats Up II
				Tue 10/10	The Final Phase: Legacy of Triumph and Tragedy I
				Thu 10/12	The Final Phase: Legacy of Triumph and Tragedy II
				Tue 10/17	Review
				Thu 10/19	Dr. M.P. Mathai: The State of the Gandhian Movement in India
				Tue 10/24	Midterm Diagnostic
				Thu 10/26	NV in the West. Judeo-Christian & Islamic Sources
				Tue 10/31	Medieval and Modern NV Christian Sects; the Society of Friends (Quakers) I
				Thu 11/2	Film (webcast unavailable)
				Tue 11/7	Early Pacifism and Non Violence (low audio starting at 1hr 2minutes)
				Thu 11/9	The American Civil Rights Movement, I: Montgomery, Guest Lecture II
				Tue 11/14	King's Last Years I
				Thu 11/16	King's Last Years II
				Tue 11/21	The Wheel of NV; Gandhian Economics
				Thu 11/23	PACS 164A: Lecture 26- Holiday
				Tue 11/28	Aspects of NV Since Gandhi and King I
				Thu 11/30	Aspects of NV Since Gandhi and King II
				Tue 12/5	Overview I
				Thu 12/7	Overview II