Conquest of violence : the Gandhian philosophy of conflict /

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 techniqu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bondurant, Joan V. (Joan Valérie), 1918-2006
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1988.
Edición:New rev. ed.
Colección:Princeton paperbacks.
Temas:
Gandhi, > Mahatma, > 1869-1948 > Political and social views.
Gandhi, > Mahatma, > 1869-1948
Nonviolence.
Conflict management.
Non-violence.
Gestion des conflits.
Conflict management
Nonviolence
Political and social views
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  • Cover page
  • Half-title page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • Chapter I: Introduction
  • Chapter II: Satyagraha: Its Basic Precepts
  • Truth
  • Non-violence
  • Self-suffering
  • The Role of the Individual
  • The Relationship of the Three Elements in Satyagraha
  • The Problem of Means in Satyagraha
  • Chapter III: Satyagraha as Applied Socio-Political Action
  • The Essentials of Satyagraha in Action
  • Fundamental Rules
  • Code of Discipline
  • Steps in a Satyagraha Campaign
  • Satyagraha or Duragraha?
  • An Analysis of Five Satyagraha Campaigns
  • The Vykom Temple Road Satyagraha
  • Summary Analysis of the Vykom Temple Road Satyagraha
  • The Bardoli Campaign of Peasants Against the Government of Bombay
  • Summary Analysis of the Bardoli Campaign
  • The Ahmedabad Labor Satyagraha
  • Summary Analysis of the Ahmedabad Labor Satyagraha
  • Nationwide Satyagraha Against the Rowlatt Bills
  • Summary Analysis of the Satyagraha Against the Rowlatt Bills
  • The Salt Satyagraha
  • Summary Analysis of the Salt Satyagraha
  • Concluding Note on the Five Campaigns
  • Chapter IV: Hindu Tradition and Satyagraha: The Significance of Gandhian Innovations
  • Satya
  • Ahimsa
  • Tapasya
  • The Concepts of Karma and Non-attachment
  • The Traditional Methods of Hartal, Fast, Dharna
  • The Character of Gandhi's Appeal
  • Satyagraha in an Islamic Setting
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter V: Conservative or Anarchist? A Note on Gandhi and Political Philosophy
  • Gandhi and Conservatism
  • Respect for the Wisdom of Established Institutions
  • Religious institutions
  • Property
  • Continuity in the Historical Changes of the Social System
  • Impotence of Individual Will and Reason
  • Attachment of Members of a Society to Their Stations
  • Anarchist Elements in Gandhian Thought
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter VI: The Gandhian Dialectic and Political Theory
  • A Theoretical Statement of Satyagraha
  • How the Gandhian Dialectic Operates
  • Satyagraha versus Compromise
  • The Element of Sacrifice
  • Hegelian, Marxian, and Gandhian Dialectic
  • The Failure of Traditional Political Theory
  • Conservatism and the Problem of Means
  • Authoritarian Idealism and the Problem of Means
  • Liberal Democratic Theory
  • The Operation of Satyagraha against a Totalitarian Regime
  • A Note on the Functioning of Suffering in Satyagraha
  • Ends-means as Convertible Terms
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Glossary
  • Index

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