Midterm Review

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Contents

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1:11:07—1:17:49
1:17:50—end
 Introduction, Challenging cultural biases against nonviolence with nonviolent counter-instances
Story:Eugene anarchists- nv is more radical than what they are doing, b/c violence is the status quo
Nonviolence and the ‘Great Turning’
Prep for midterm: ID’s Define Attribute Contextualize Evaluate, example ID: integrative power
Announcements, exam prep: describe either South Africa or India struggle, what we can learn from it
Example of the Patna surrender and what it illustrates
Story about breaking the sound barrier: analogy of counter-intuitive way that surrender can bring victory
Rules of fasting—review and examples, immolation, ‘effervescence of the crowd,’ svadarma
Example of misguided hunger strike against the Cold War, Gandhi’s fast against riots
Story: Gandhi and an 18 year old Satyagrahi, non-embarassment, “never degrade a human being”
More on fasting, the Pathans and consistency issue of nonviolence
More on non-embarassment, truth and reconciliation and restorative justice
Nonviolence, like fasting, must be consistent; fasting must be last resort
“Life Boat ‘Ethics'” and the satyagraha response from members of the public
‘Fruits’ of Action (Phalam) -intention v. result
Etymology of ‘Mahatma’, Law of Suffering, Law of Progression, Person Power
Gandhi’s vows: are they universal, or dependent on Indian culture?

Readings

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