There Are Realistic Alternatives

Author(s): Gene Sharp

Genre(s): *non-fiction, Political Science

Narrators: Benjamin Gittins

Number of Chapters: 6

Length: 2 hours and 09 minutes

Language: English

Violence in society and politics, whether in the form of war, terrorism, dictatorship, oppression, usurpation, or genocide, is widely recognized as a grave problem. The objective of this essay is to explore a different perspective on the nature of the problem of widespread violence in society and politics that suggests what will be required for its resolution. We need to analyze the conditions under which it will be possible to reduce drastically the reliance on military and other violent means of conflict. We need to examine why violence is so widely regarded as necessary for good causes as well as for bad ones, and how fundamental change away from that syndrome might be achieved. (Summary by Author)