Introduction to Non-Violence

by Theodore Paullin

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• [DIRECTOR'S FOREWORD]
• [PREFACE]
• [I.] INTRODUCTION: ON TERMS
• [Definition of Terms]
• [II.] VIOLENCE WITHOUT HATE
• [Revolutionary Anarchism]
• [Abraham Lincoln]
• [The Church and War]
• [III.] NON-VIOLENCE BY NECESSITY
• [Non-Violent Resistance to Invaders]
• [Chinese Boycotts Against Foreigners]
• [Egyptian Opposition to Great Britain]
• [IV.] NON-VIOLENT COERCION
• [The Labor Strike]
• [The Boycott]
• [Non-Violent Coercion by the American Colonies]
• [Irish Opposition to Great Britain After 1900]
• [Strikes with Political Purposes]
• [Non-Violence in International Affairs]
• [V.] SATYAGRAHA OR NON-VIOLENT DIRECT ACTION
• [The Origins of Satyagraha]
• [The Process of Satyagraha]
• [The Philosophy of Satyagraha]
• [The Empirical Origins of Gandhi's Method]
• [Non-Cooperation]
• [Fasting]
• [The American Abolition Movement]
• [VI.] NON-RESISTANCE
• [The Mennonites]
• [The New England Non-Resistants]
• [Tolstoy]
• [VII.] ACTIVE GOODWILL AND RECONCILIATION
• [Action in the Face of Persecution]
• [Coercion or Persuasion?]
• [Ministering to Groups in Conflict]
• [The Power of Example]
• [Work for Social Reform]
• [Political Action and Compromise]
• [The Third Alternative]
• [VIII.] CONCLUSIONS

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DIRECTOR'S FOREWORD

"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less."

"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean different things."

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In the writings of pacifists and non-pacifists concerning theories of and experiences with non-violence, there is a clear lack of uniformity in the use of words.