Violence In Gandhi, Frantz Fanon, And Che Guevara

Abdul Ly
World history 020 Essay 3
"Violence is a defining characteristic of the 20t century". Though as ubiquitous, and inescapable a phenomena this violence appears, several distinct social and political responses emerged in response to the forces of violence. These social and political responses : personified , encapsulated and espoused by 3 key authors and their writings. Though these authors Mahatmas Gandhi, Frantz Fanon, and Che Guevara: are very different in their rhetoric, one key similarity is their undertaking in dissolving the system of imperialism through their writings and political endeavors. Their collective desire for social change.
After reading and conceptualizing the writings of each author I would argue that violence

He condemns it for it morally and socially destructive nature but acknowledges it's fundamental involvement in imperialist domination. Gandhi seeks, through Satyagraha, to enlighten and reform imperialist domination and violence to the ills and horrors of violence by demonstrating that it is not going to be an effective tool in dominating Indians. He does this by promoting this practice of inflicting violence on oneself. This challenges the viability of imperialisms greatest tool, violence, and thus the viability of the system of British imperialism in India itself. This is how Gandhi converts people to nonviolence, by showing that it is the only tool for real social

That imperialist will never respect the inherent humanity of the imperialized, thus neither empathy nor sympathy is possible. Peace itself is not possible in the colonized world. In this, Fanon offers a direct contrast, a counterargument to Satyagraha itself. Fanon claims that violence is a viable and more importantly, a vital inescapable element of social change: decolonization. While Gandhi believes that nonviolence and active resistance can reason and change the minds of imperialist, Fanon must entail direct violent confrontation. As the colonizers will never acknowledge the inherent humanity of the colonized, violence becomes the only means of communication between the bifurcated colonial world ." The naked truth of decolonization evoke for us the searing bullets and bloodstained knives which emanate from