HST4433: Nonviolence in the Modern World

Topics

I. The Philosophy of Violence and Nonviolence

• The Epistemology of Political Nonviolence
• The Logic of the State and Mythic Violence
• Systemic Violence vs. Political Cruelty

II. Rights, Economics, and Alienation

• Human Rights and Statelessness
• Economic Mythology and Pre-Capitalist Exchange
• Capitalism and Worker Alienation

III. Race, Institutions, and the American Paradigm

• American Rage-Murder
• The Construction of Race and Innocence
• The Mechanics of Segregation and Neocolonialism

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