No Such Thing as Non Violence
Osterweil – No Such Thing as Nonviolence. According to Osterweil in the introduction to her book what is the definition of looting? How does she go on to describe the phenomena of looting as part of civil disobedience in general? Do you agree? Why or why not? What is one misconception about looting, and rioting, and Osterweils reply to it in the introduction? Do you agree with her? Why or why not? In the No Such Thing as Non-Violence section, what are some of the examples Osterweil uses to show that the civil rights movement was not completely non-violent? Why does she think these examples havent been more emphasized in the history of the civil rights movement?