General Description of NHR527
An intensive introduction to a select group of thinkers and pioneers from ancient and contemporary history, who have constructed and embodied the meanings of the philosophy and strategy of nonviolence through their personal, intellectual, political, and social struggle, such as: Gandhi. King, Tolstoï, Chavez, Thoreau, Aldo Capitini, Danilo Dolci, Lanza del Vasto, Abdelghaffar Khan, Jacques De Bollardière, Oscar Romero… This course prepares students above all to 'live' the meaning of Non-Violence at the level of their feelings and impressions, and to get used to the lexicon of the culture of Non-Violence. The course is considered to highlight the concepts that have historically shaped the philosophical and political debate on violence and nonviolence, such as: good and evil, means and ends, error and truth, conscience, submission and obedience, murder, cowardice and courage, struggle, civil disobedience, etc. This course will allow the students to acquire the ability to analyze texts on nonviolence, each student preparing practical work in the framework of the "Readings - Writings" program approved in the curricula, including the writing of articles on a certain number of these pioneers (7-9 articles).