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Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict. with a New Epilogue by the Author

Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict. with a New Epilogue by the Author

Bondurant, Joan Valerie

Paperback

Series: Princeton Paperbacks

PhilosophyHinduism

ISBN10: 069102281X
ISBN13: 9780691022819
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: Jun 21 1988
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.75 Width: 5.55 Depth: 8.46
Language: English

When Mahatma Gandhi died in 1948 by an assassin's bullet, the most potent legacy he left to the world was the technique of satyagraha (literally, holding on to the Truth). His experiments with Truth were far from complete at the time of his death, but he had developed a new technique for effecting social and political change through the constructive conduct of conflict: Gandhian satyagraha had become eminently more than passive resistance or civil disobedience.

By relating what Gandhi said to what he did and by examining instances of satyagraha led by others, this book abstracts from the Indian experiments those essential elements that constitute the Gandhian technique. It explores, in terms familiar to the Western reader, its distinguishing characteristics and its far-reaching implications for social and political philosophy.

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