Introduction to Non-Violence

Introduction to Non-Violence

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NON-VIOLENT ACTION IN TENSION AREAS: Series III: Number
1 July 1944.
INTRODUCTION TO NON-VIOLENCE
By THEODORE PAULLIN

THE PACIFIST RESEARCH BUREAU 1201 CHESTNUT STREET
PHILADELPHIA 7, PENNSYLVANIA
MEMBERS OF THE PACIFIST RESEARCH BUREAU
Charles Boss, Jr. Isidor B. Hoffman Henry J. Cadbury John Haynes
Holmes Allan Knight Chalmers E. Stanley Jones Abraham Cronbach
John Howland Lathrop Albert E. Day Frederick J. Libby Dorothy Day
A. J. Muste Edward W. Evans Ray Newton Jane Evans Mildred Scott
Olmsted F. Burt Farquharson Kirby Page Harry Emerson Fosdick
Clarence E. Pickett Harrop A. Freeman Guy W. Solt Elmer A. Fridell
Douglas V. Steere Richard Gregg Dan West Harold Hatch Norman
Whitney E. Raymond Wilson
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
The Pacifist Research Bureau is financed entirely by the contributions
of organizations and individuals who are interested in seeing this type
of research carried on. We trust that you may desire to have a part in
this positive pacifist endeavor to aid in the formulation of plans for the
world order of the future. Please make contributions payable to The
Pacifist Research Bureau, 1201 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 7,
Pennsylvania. Contributions are deductible for income tax purposes.

DIRECTOR'S FOREWORD
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,
"it means just what I choose it to mean--neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean
different things."
* * * * *
In the writings of pacifists and non-pacifists concerning theories of and
experiences with non-violence, there is a clear lack of uniformity in the
use of words.

The present booklet, introducing the Bureau's new series on
Non-Violent Action in Tension Areas, distinguished by green covers,
critically examines pacifist terminology. But it does more, for it
analyzes various types of non-violence, evaluates examples of
non-violence referred to in previous literature, and points to new
sources of case material.
Dr. Theodore Paullin, Assistant Director of the Bureau, is the author of
this study. The manuscript has been submitted to and reviewed by
Professor Charles A. Ellwood and Professor Hornell Hart, both of the
Department of Sociology, Duke University; and by Richard B. Gregg,
author of several works on the philosophy and practice of non-violence.
Their criticisms and suggestions have proved most helpful, but for any
errors of interpretation the author is responsible.
The Pacifist Research Bureau frankly bases its work upon the
philosophy of pacifism: that man should exercise such respect for
human personality that he will employ only love and sacrificial good
will in opposing evil and that the purpose of all human endeavor should
be the creation of a world brotherhood in which cooperative effort
contributes to the good of all. A list of pamphlets published or in
preparation appears on the back cover.
HARROP A. FREEMAN, Executive Director
Any organization ordering 500 or more copies of any pamphlet
published by the Pacifist Research Bureau may have its imprint appear
on the title page along with that of the Bureau. The prepublication
price for such orders is $75.00 for each 500 copies.
* * * * *
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION: ON TERMS 1 Definition of Terms 5
II. VIOLENCE WITHOUT HATE 9 Revolutionary Anarchism 10
Abraham Lincoln 11 The Church and War 11

III. NON-VIOLENCE BY NECESSITY 12 Non-Violent Resistance to
Invaders 13 Chinese Boycotts Against Foreigners 15 Egyptian
Opposition to Great Britain 16
IV. NON-VIOLENT COERCION 17 The Labor Strike 19 The Boycott
21 Non-Violent Coercion by the American Colonies 22 Irish
Opposition to Great Britain After 1900 23 Strikes with Political
Purposes 24 Non-Violence in International Affairs 24
V. SATYAGRAHA OR NON-VIOLENT DIRECT ACTION 25 The
Origins of Satyagraha 26 The Process of Satyagraha 27 The Philosophy
of Satyagraha 29 The Empirical Origins of Gandhi's Method 31
Non-Cooperation 32 Fasting 33 The American Abolition Movement 34
VI. NON-RESISTANCE 36 The Mennonites 37 The New England
Non-Resistants 39 Tolstoy 41
VII. ACTIVE GOODWILL AND RECONCILIATION 43 Action in
the Face of Persecution 44 Coercion or Persuasion? 46 Ministering to
Groups in Conflict 47 The Power of Example 48 Work for Social
Reform 49 Political Action and Compromise 50 The Third Alternative
51
VIII. CONCLUSIONS 54
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PREFACE
The