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PACS 164A: Introduction to Nonviolence

PACS 164A: Introduction to Nonviolence (Fall 2006, UC Berkeley). Taught by Professor Michael N. Nagler. Peace and Conflict Studies 164A - 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.