Mohandas Gandhi and Frantz Fanon were influential persons of the twentieth century‚ notable for their work in post-colonialist theory and activism. Though they shared the same vision of a decolonised world‚ they differed in their perspectives of colonisation‚ decolonisation and their approach towards the latter. The paper will examine the distinction through the framework of violence and non-violence‚ and begin with the complete examination of Fanon’s perspective before analysing Gandhi’s with Fanon
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“Mahatma” Karamchand Gandhi. A shudder of nervous anticipation shook him as he lowered his hand into the sloshing sea. Digging his hands into the ground‚ his hand hit something lumpy. Hands trembling‚ Gandhi lifted a lump of salty mud from the depths of the sea. The crowd gasped silently. Gandhi then forced himself to lower the lump into the water. The mud slipped away from the grains of white‚ causing the water to grow murkier. A few minutes later‚ the mud cleared‚ and Gandhi held up his hand. Grasping
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Non-violence Strategies in Israel/Palestine As the world is familiar with the on-going conflict between Israel and Palestine‚ and we are aware that the uproar between these two nations had been in the most extreme form. Judaism and Islam are two of the world’s oldest and largest monotheistic religions. These religions share a variety of customs‚ beliefs‚ and practices. At the same time‚ there are enough differences that make these two clash. Although there are many conflicts going on in this
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many people have struggled to get where they are today and most might have fought and committed violent acts to get what they wanted‚ but there are some that used the non-violent way to achieve their goals. Non-violence isn’t something that today we here much about‚ but back in Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.’s time non-violence was the key. There were both positive and negative attributes that they used in their teachings and some of the negative attributes lead them to miss their mark in some
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Non-violence is more effective than violence because it helps resolve arguments in a peaceful‚ not harmful way without causing any damage. Non-violence means the use of peaceful means‚ not force‚ to bring about political or social change. People will have to wait for a change‚ but it will be a better and greater change. To begin with‚ non-violence is the most effective method for change because it’s safer. Violence is putting people’s lives in danger. Safety is “safer” for everyone. Non-violence
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the fact that both sides are usually able to argue that the other side started the violence. Gandhi started this nonviolent approach in India‚ Martin Luther King learned from Gandhi’s tactics and used them in the 1950’s‚ and in 1989 the students in Tiananmen Square used the same approach. All of these people had success to some extent. Non-violent resistance strategies‚ such as those pioneered by Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King are designed to avoid this trap by absolutely refusing to
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where violent resistance is no longer a realistic option to oppose an oppressive regime? The Kenny reading showed that non-violence is a path that can lead to regime change. Why is that? Is it because a non-violent struggle is morally superior to a violent one‚ and is therefore difficult to oppose? After all‚ it’s difficult to justify violence against those who struggle without violence‚ for human rights‚ justice and democracy‚ things most people desire. To repress them would be a blatant violation of
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No Reason for Violence Imagine: Your school principal informs the student body that starting the next day‚ your lunch time will be cut from the usual 40 minutes to 30. You are upset about his decision. What do you do‚ respectfully confront your principal‚ or blow up the school? Sure‚ blowing up the school will bring attention to your protest‚ but is that the right thing to do? Violent protests are one example of capturing attention‚ but at the end of the day‚ non-violent means of protest are
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Gandhi‚ King‚ and Mandela: What Made Non-Violence Work? All through history governments and empires have been overthrown or defeated primarily by the violence of those who oppose them. This violence was usually successful however‚ there have been several situations‚ when violence failed‚ that protesters have had to turn to other methods. Non-violent protesting never seemed to be the right course of action until the ideology of Mohandas Gandhi spread and influenced successful protests across the
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Mohandas Gandhi‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ and Nelson Mandela all achieved a revolution and independence in their countries through non-violence. The reason this worked is because the non-violent people would be beaten and killed for doing nothing wrong‚ this made the attackers look like idiots for killing defenseless people. This would make the attackers realize what they’re doing and they would grant the country independence. The documents provided could be situated into four categories: civil disobedience
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