Dream Things True: Nonviolent Movements as Applied Consciousness

Author(s)
Jack DuVall
International Center on Nonviolent Conflict
Keywords
Peace Studies
Movement; Nonviolent; Consciousness; Participation; Self-organization; Solidarity; Mobilization; Summoning; Hippolyta; A Minor Quartet; James Lawson; Fannie Lou Hamer; Adam Michnik; William Barrett; Matthew Mulberry; J.W.N. Sullivan; A.D. Nuttal; F. Eliza

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/60926
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http://www.cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/view/415
Abstract
Nonviolent movements have become a new form of human agency. Between 1900 and 2006, more than 100 such movements appeared, and more than half were successful in dissolving oppression or achieving people's rights. Movements self-organize to summon mass participation, develop cognitive unity in the midst of dissension,  and build resilient force on the content of shared beliefs. Some movements may even be a new venue for consciousness that "grows to something of great constancy" as Shakespeare said about "minds transfigured so together."
Date
2014-06-08
Type
Peer-reviewed Article
Identifier
oai:ojs.cosmosandhistory.org:article/415
http://www.cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/view/415
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