Pacifism as Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America

Originally written during the mid-1980s, the seminal essay Pacifism as Pathology was prompted by veteran activist Ward Churchill's frustration with what he diagnosed as a growing--and deliberately self-neutralizing---hegemony of nonviolence- on the North American left. The essay's publication unleashed a raging debate among activists in both the U.S. and Canada, a significant result of which was Michael Ryan's penning of a follow-up essay reinforcing Churchill's premise that nonviolence, at least as the term is popularly employed by white -progressives, - is inherently counterrevolutionary. This book challenges the pacifist movement's heralded victories, suggesting that their success was in spite of, rather than because of, their nonviolent tactics. Along with a preface by Ed Mead, postscripts by both Churchill and Ryan, and a new foreword by leading oppositionist intellectual Dylan Rodriguez, these essays are being released in a fresh edition.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: PM Press
Published: 04/15/2017
ISBN: 9781629632247
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d