The Power of Nonviolence

This definitive edition of the 1959 classic text includes a major new introduction by a leading political theorist, James Tully.

Richard Bartlett Gregg (Author), James Tully (Edited by)

9781316609446, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 8 November 2018

304 pages
21.5 x 13.8 x 1.5 cm, 0.43 kg

The Power of Nonviolence, written by Richard Bartlett Gregg in 1934 and revised in 1944 and 1959, is the most important and influential theory of principled or integral nonviolence published in the twentieth century. Drawing on Gandhi's ideas and practice, Gregg explains in detail how the organized power of nonviolence (power-with) exercised against violent opponents can bring about small and large transformative social change and provide an effective substitute for war. This edition includes a major introduction by political theorist, James Tully, situating the text in its contexts from 1934 to 1959, and showing its great relevance today. The text is the definitive 1959 edition with a foreword by Martin Luther King, Jr. It includes forewords from earlier editions, the chapter on class struggle and nonviolent resistance from 1934, a crucial excerpt from a 1929 preliminary study, a biography and bibliography of Gregg, and a bibliography of recent work on nonviolence.

Acknowledgments
Chronology
The works of Richard Bartlett Gregg
Editor's introduction: integral nonviolence
Bibliography
Preface to the 1934 edition Richard Bartlett Gregg
Foreword to a Discipline for Nonviolence 1941 Mohandas Gandhi
Foreword to the 1944 edition Rufus Matthew Jones
Preface to the 1944 edition Richard Bartlett Gregg
Foreword to the 1959 edition Martin Luther King, Jr
Preface to the 1959 edition Richard Bartlett Gregg
Preface to the 1960 Indian publication of the 1959 edition Richard Bartlett Gregg
1. Modern examples of nonviolent resistance
2. Moral Jiu-Jitsu
3. What happens
4. Utilizing emotional energy
5. How is mass nonviolence possible?
6. The working of mass nonviolent resistance
7. An effective substitute for war
8. The class struggle and nonviolent resistance
9. Nonviolence and the state
10. Persuasion
11. The need for training
12. Training
Notes by chapter
Index.

Subject Areas: Political science & theory [JPA], Social & political philosophy [HPS], Social & cultural history [HBTB], Peace studies & conflict resolution [GTJ]