History
Doug McGetchin, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of History at Florida Atlantic University where he specializes in the history of the international connections between modern Germany and South Asia. He is the author of “Indology, Indomania, Orientalism: Ancient India’s Rebirth in Modern Germany” (2009) and several edited volumes (2004, 2014) on German-Indian connections. He has presented papers at academic conferences in North America, Europe, and India, including the German Studies Association, the World History Association and the International Conference of Asian Scholars (Berlin). He is a recipient of a Nehru-Fulbright senior research grant to Kolkata (Calcutta), India and a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) grant to Leipzig, Germany, and has won multiple teaching awards.
Non-Violent Power in Action
A Better Way to Build Democracy
Stopping the deportation of Jewish spouses in Nazi Berlin, the liberation of India, fighting for Civil Rights in the U.S., the fall of the Berlin Wall, the ouster of Serbia’s Milosevic and the recent Arab Awakening, all have come about through non-violent means. Most people are unaware of non-violent power, as the use of force gains much greater attention in the press (“If it bleeds, it leads”) and from historians, as “Mahatma” Gandhi pointed out over a century ago: “History, as we know it, is a record of the wars of the world... How kings... murdered one another,” yet there is a largely ignored, hidden history of nonviolence “based not on the force of arms but on the force of truth or love” (Hind Swaraj, chapter 17). This lecture explains the effectiveness of non-violent resistance by examining multiple cases of nonviolence struggle with the aim of understanding the principles that led to their success. Using these tools, you can help create a more peaceful and
democratic world.
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| Course # S1R6 — One Time Event
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| Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
| Dates: | Thursday, April 20 2017 |
| Time: | 9:45 - 11:15 AM |
| Fee: | $25 / member; $35 / non-member |
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