The Realm of Interpersonal Nonviolence (Nonviolent Communication: NVC)
In the embedded circles of our research template for nonviolence research, “interpersonal” is located between the wider realm of “intercultural” and the narrower realm of “personal.” The Interpersonal Realm invites inquiry into the care and cultivation of community. In this section we look at (b) Nonviolent Communication (NVT).
Nonviolence Communication
The following set of topics attempt to fill in the blanks if you do not have access to the classic book: Rosenberg, Marshall B., and Deepak Chopra. Nonviolent Communication: a Language of Life : Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships, Puddledancer Press, 2015. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central at your university library interface.
- Background
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolent_Communication
- Basics
Observations, Feelings, Needs, Requests, Empathy, Self-empathy
bayNVC: https://baynvc.org/basics-of-nonviolent-communication/
- I Statements
Therapist Aid pdf https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-worksheet/i-statements
- Overview: “How to Use NVC”
Dave Bailey: https://www.dave-bailey.com/blog/nonviolent-communication
“NVC Marshall Rosenberg – San Francisco Workshop – Full English Subtitles Transcriptions.” 2000. YouTube, uploaded by Centrum Nadania, 27 Oct. 2015, https://youtu.be/l7TONauJGfc (3:05:57).
YouTube Channel: Giraffe NVC
“This channel contains bite-sized knowledge about nonviolent communication (NVC), which is also known as giraffe language” (because Giraffe’s have very large hearts; largest of the land mammals).
Active Listening
M. M. Owen. “The art of listening: To listen well is not only a kindness to others but also, as the psychologist Carl Rogers made clear, a gift to ourselves.” Aeon, 30 May, 2022.
Carl R. Rogers and Richard E. Farson. Active Listening. 1957. Reprinted by Mockingbird Press, 2021. 25 pages. Available in Kindle.
Your library may offer a 23-minute video of “Carl Rogers on Empathy: Part 1” (John Whiteley, 1974) in which Rogers explains how he understands empathy and the contribution that it can make to human development.
Inequality and Empathy
Check your library for the ebook: Hartmann, Martin, ‘The Problem of Imputation: Sympathetic Prejudices,’ [ch. 12 of] The Feeling of Inequality: On Empathy, Empathy Gulfs, and the Political Psychology of Democracy (New York, 2023; online edn, Oxford Academic, 23 Mar. 2023).
Rogerian Rhetoric
In Nonviolent Communication, Marshall B. Rosenberg acknowledges the influence of psychologist Carl Rogers, especially referencing a 1957 conversation between Rogers and Martin Buber on the possibility of an authentic (I-Thou) relationship between client and psychotherapist (see Ch. 13). This connection suggests a relationship between NVC and Rogerian Rhetoric. Here is an overview of Rogerian argumentation, courtesy of the Purdue Online Writing Lab (Purdue OWL).
Note: The Martin Buber – Carl Rogers Dialogue. 1957. New Transcript 1997. (archive.org) [May also be available in pdf format via your library.]
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