Nonviolence

Nonviolence (or non-violence) is a set of assumptions about morality, power and conflict that leads its proponents to reject the use of violence in efforts to attain social or political goals. While often used as a synonym for pacifism, since the mid 20th century the term nonviolence has come to embody a diversity of techniques for waging social conflict without the use of violence, as well as the underlying political and philosophical rationale for the use of these techniques.

Related Topics:
Violence - Pacifism

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As a technique for social struggle, nonviolence is most often associated with the campaign for Indian independence led by Mahatma Gandhi, and the struggle to attain civil rights for African Americans, led by Martin Luther King. The former was deeply influenced by Leo Tolstoy's Christian anarchism ideas of non-resistance based on the Sermon on the Mount.

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Mahatma Gandhi - African Americans - Martin Luther King - Leo Tolstoy's - Christian anarchism - Sermon on the Mount

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On November 10th, 1998, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the first decade of the 21st century and the third millenium, the years 2001 to 2010, as the International Decade for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World.

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United Nations - International Decade for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World

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