Martin Luther King Jr.’s writings form a profound and enduring critique of violence, advocating for nonviolent resistance as both a moral imperative and a strategic means of confronting injustice, structural oppression, and state power.

Paulo Freire’s philosophy of liberation frames violence not as a singular act but as a structural denial of voice, urging a radical pedagogy of resistance that begins with critical awareness and humanises both oppressor and oppressed.

Michel Foucault’s critique of power reveals how modern violence operates not through spectacle but through surveillance, classification, and bureaucratic control—challenging us to confront the hidden systems that legitimise harm.