Contributions

  • Ryan, Mike, 1957- - Contributor

Publication

2017 - , California

Language

English

Word Count

46,250 words, Guess

Page Count

185 pages

Identifiers

and 6 more

Classifications

  • DDC303.6/6
  • LCCJZ5584
  • LCCJZ5584.N7

Description

"Originally written during the mid-1980s, the seminal essay Pacifism as Pathology was prompted by veteran activist Ward Churchill's frustration with what he diagnosed as a growingand deliberately self-neutralizing"hegemony of nonviolence" on the North American left. The essay's publication unleashed a raging debate among activists in both the U.S. and Canada, a significant result of which was Michael Ryan's penning of a follow-up essay reinforcing Churchill's premise that nonviolence, at least as the term is popularly employed by white "progressives," is inherently counterrevolutionary. This book challenges the pacifist movement's heralded victories, suggesting that their success was in spite of, rather than because of, their nonviolent tactics. " -- Amazon.com

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Other Editions

  • Pacifism as pathology: reflections on the role of armed struggle in North America2017-01-01

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