Gene Sharp in the News
Ever since I started teaching Peace Studies, I have introduced the ideas of Gene Sharp, and in some classes have had students read his famous three-volume work, The Politics of Nonviolent Action, in which he puts forward his theory of nonviolence and describes 198 methods of nonviolent action, illustrated with numerous historical examples.
He has now been in the news a lot. Here are three recent articles:
From Scientific American: “Egypt’s revolution vindicates Gene Sharp’s theory of nonviolent activism,” by John Horgan, Feb 11, 2011.
From New York Times: “A Tunisian-Egyptian Link That Shook Arab History,” by David D. Kirkpatrick and David E. Sanger, February 13, 2011.
Also from New York Times: “Shy U.S. Intellectual Created Playbook Used in a Revolution,” by Sheryl Gay Stolberg, February 16, 2011.