| Titre | Coercion, Resistance and the Radical Side of Non-Violent Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Auteur | Guy Aitchison | |
 |
Revue | Raisons Politiques |
| Numéro | no 69, février 2018 (Un)civil disobedience | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Focus |
|
| Page | 45-61 | |
| Résumé anglais |
In this paper, I examine the nature and ethics of nonviolent action as a type of political engagement that is distinct from civil disobedience and other favoured philosophical categories. I offer a justification for the specifically coercive character of non-violent action and identify the legitimate role it has to play not only in authoritarian states but in plausibly democratic societies. I critically interrogate Gandhi's influential understanding of nonviolent action – or “satyagraha” – as a method that converts opponents solely through the loving, purifying force of self-suffering and an argument by Vinit Haksar that nonviolent action does not count as coercive so long as its aims are morally justified. I dispute these perspectives and offer a justification for the use of coercive tactics based on democratic, republican grounds as a means to collectively contest certain objectionable forms of political domination. Source : Éditeur (via Cairn.info) |
|
| Article en ligne | http://www.cairn.info/article.php?ID_ARTICLE=RAI_069_0045 |
