In Seeing Like an Activist (I will attach below, this is the one source you will be using), Erin Pineda develops the idea of “forcing the better argument,” as a means to conceptualize civil disobedience that avoids simply opposing persuasion and coercion (e.g., pp. 20, 129).
1. What is the problem with understanding persuasion as the opposite of coercion?
2. What does it mean to “force the better argument”?
Your answer should be precise and should draw on Pineda’s concrete analysis of historical events. Key claims should be supported with textual evidence. At least two relevant direct quotations from Pineda are expected.
