Social Movements and Resistance

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Skill: beginner
Duration 4 hr
Enrolled 5
Last Update: December 3, 2024

Course Overview

This course examines the history, strategies, and impacts of social movements that have emerged to challenge oppressive power structures. It explores how collective resistance shapes societies, promotes justice, and advocates for the rights and dignity of individuals. Through a combination of historical and contemporary examples, students will understand the transformative power of social movements, the challenges they face, and the outcomes they achieve.

Course Objectives:

  1. Understand the historical foundations of social resistance.
  2. Analyze the tactics and strategies used by social movements to drive change.
  3. Reflect on the impact of social movements on laws, policies, and societal norms.
  4. Examine the psychological, social, and political factors that fuel resistance.

Course Benefits

  • Gain insight into the role of social movements in shaping societies.
  • Learn about the key figures and philosophies behind significant movements.
  • Develop a critical understanding of the challenges and successes of social resistance.

Who this course is for

  • Students interested in social justice, history, and political science.
  • Activists, organizers, or individuals involved in advocacy work.
  • Anyone seeking to understand the role of resistance in promoting social change.

Courses materials

  • Documentary films analyzing key social movements.
  • Academic and philosophical texts exploring the nature of resistance.
  • Reflective exercises and quizzes to deepen understanding and engagement.

Course Content

  • Study Social Resistance

    • Study Social Resistance

    • Practical Application: Study Social Resistance

      • Ressources - Videos

        • Mandatory ------ Selma

        • Selma

        • Optional ------ How to Start a Revolution

        • How to Start a Revolution

        • Optional ------The Square

        • The Square

      • Ressources - Readings

        • Mandatory ------ Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict by Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan

        • Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict by Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan

        • Optional ------ Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela

        • Long Walk to Freedom

        • Optional ------ A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn

        • A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn

  • Understand Power Structures

    • Understand Power Structures

    • Practical Application: Understand Power Structures

      • Ressources - Videos

        • Mandatory ------ 13th

        • 13th

        • Optional ------ The Corporation

        • The Corporation

        • Optional ------ Requiem for the American Dream by Noam Chomsky

        • Requiem for the American Dream

      • Ressources - Readings

        • Mandatory ------ Power and Powerlessness by John Gaventa

        • Power and Powerlessness by John Gaventa

        • Optional ------ The Power Elite by C. Wright Mills

        • The Power Elite

        • Optional ------ On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

        • On Tyranny

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  • Course Level Beginner
  • Lessons 14
  • Duration 4 hr
  • Enrolled 5
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  • Last Update December 3, 2024
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