Fighting with non-violence | Scilla Elworthy
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Fighting with non-violence | Scilla Elworthy
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Ted Talk:
How do you deal with a bully without becoming a thug? In this wise and soulful talk, peace activist Scilla Elworthy maps out the skills we need -- as nations and individuals -- to fight extreme force without using force in return. To answer the question of why and how non-violence works, she evokes historical heroes -- Aung San Suu Kyi, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela -- and the personal philosophies that powered their peaceful protests. (Filmed at TEDxExeter.) TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). TED stands for Technology, Enter…
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Ted Talk:
How do you deal with a bully without becoming a thug? In this wise and soulful talk, peace activist Scilla Elworthy maps out the skills we need -- as nations and individuals -- to fight extreme force without using force in return. To answer the question of why and how non-violence works, she evokes historical heroes -- Aung San Suu Kyi, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela -- and the personal philosophies that powered their peaceful protests. (Filmed at TEDxExeter.) TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, global issues, the arts and more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages at http://www.ted.com/translate. Follow TED on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED If you have questions or comments about this or other TED videos, please go to http://support.ted.com
Topics:
["TED Talks", "TED Talk", "TED Global", "TED Global 2012", "Scilla Elworthy", "TED", "TEDTalk", "TEDTalks", "TEDGlobal", "TEDGlobal2012", "Activism", "Peace", "Justice", "History", "Nelson Mandela", "Non-violence", "Aung San Suu Kyi", "Mohandas Gandhi", "Gandhi", "Bully", "Thug", "Injustice", "Protest", "Hero"]
Duration
Duration minutes: 15
Duration seconds: 48
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