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2023-2024 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

CJS 372 - Roots and Realities of Nonviolence

Credits 3
Requirements: Prerequisite: Upperclass standing or permission of instructor (45 Cr or More)
Exploration of the foundations of the philosophy of nonviolence and the tools to read different forms of protest and the discussions surrounding them. In an era of increased protest and civic engagement in political discourse, policy, and civil society, there has been much debate about the philosophy and practice of nonviolent resistance. This course is structured as a genealogy of theories and practices of nonviolence, following the growth of the metaphorical family tree of nonviolence from its ancient foundations to its uses through the Civil Rights era to the current day. 
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