Healing resistance : a radically different response to harm / Kazu Haga ; foreword by Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr. and David C. Jehnsen.
2020
HM1281 .H34 2020
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Title
Healing resistance : a radically different response to harm / Kazu Haga ; foreword by Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr. and David C. Jehnsen.
Author
Haga, Kazu, 1980- author.
ISBN
9781946764430 (trade paperback)
1946764434 (trade paperback)
9781946764447 (epub)
1946764434 (trade paperback)
9781946764447 (epub)
Published
Berkeley, California : Parallax Press, [2020]
Language
English
Description
xxxiii, 255 pages ; 21 cm
Call Number
HM1281 .H34 2020
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1108782401
Summary
"Offers a practical training in Kingian Nonviolence, a step-by-step approach to conflict inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement, which transforms not only unjust systems but all broken relationships; combines Kingian Nonviolence with the author's experience in activism, prison work, mindfulness, and Buddhist studies to present a holistic view of social change"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note
Foreword by Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Jr. and David C. Johnson
Introduction
Part I. Groundwork:
1. Pilgrimage
2. A king's final orders
3. The water in Nashville
4. On violence
5. On nonviolence
6. On conflict
7. The colonization of our minds
Part II. The will:
8. The six principles of nonviolence
9. Principle 1: Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people
10. Principle 2: The beloved community is the framework for the future
11. Principle 3: Attack forces of evil, not persons doing evil
12. Principle 4: Accept suffering without retaliation for the sake of the cause to achieve the goal
13. Principle 5: Avoid internal violence of the spirit as well as external physical violence
14. Principle 6: The universe is on the side of justice
Part III. The skill:
15. The six steps of nonviolence
16. Step 1: Information gathering
17. Step 2: Education
18. Step 3: Personal commitment
19. Step 4: Negotiation
20. Step 5: Direct action
21. Step 6: Reconciliation
Afterword: Our North Star
Appendixes:
1. Nonviolence weights
2. Quick responses to common criticisms of nonviolence
Selected resources
Gratitude
About the author.
Introduction
Part I. Groundwork:
1. Pilgrimage
2. A king's final orders
3. The water in Nashville
4. On violence
5. On nonviolence
6. On conflict
7. The colonization of our minds
Part II. The will:
8. The six principles of nonviolence
9. Principle 1: Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people
10. Principle 2: The beloved community is the framework for the future
11. Principle 3: Attack forces of evil, not persons doing evil
12. Principle 4: Accept suffering without retaliation for the sake of the cause to achieve the goal
13. Principle 5: Avoid internal violence of the spirit as well as external physical violence
14. Principle 6: The universe is on the side of justice
Part III. The skill:
15. The six steps of nonviolence
16. Step 1: Information gathering
17. Step 2: Education
18. Step 3: Personal commitment
19. Step 4: Negotiation
20. Step 5: Direct action
21. Step 6: Reconciliation
Afterword: Our North Star
Appendixes:
1. Nonviolence weights
2. Quick responses to common criticisms of nonviolence
Selected resources
Gratitude
About the author.
Added Author
LaFayette, Bernard, Jr., writer of foreword.
Jehnsen, David C., 1943- writer of foreword.
Jehnsen, David C., 1943- writer of foreword.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Haga, Kazu, 1980- Healing resistance. Berkeley, California : Parallax Press, [2020]
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