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The Nonviolent Struggle for Indian Freedom, 1905-19 (Hardcover)
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The Nonviolent Struggle for Indian Freedom, 1905-19 (Hardcover)
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Much of the recent surge in writing about the practice of
nonviolent forms of resistance has focused on movements that
occurred after the end of the Second World War, many of which have
been extremely successful. Although the fact that such a method of
resistance was developed in its modern form by Indians is
acknowledged in this writing, there has not until now been an
authoritative history of the role of Indians in the evolution of
the phenomenon. Celebrated historian David Hardiman shows that
while nonviolence is associated above all with the towering figure
of Mahatma Gandhi, 'passive resistance' was already being practised
by nationalists in British-ruled India, though there was no
principled commitment to nonviolence as such. It was Gandhi, first
in South Africa and then in India, who evolved a technique that he
called 'satyagraha'. His endeavours saw 'nonviolence' forged as
both a new word in the English language, and a new political
concept. This book conveys in vivid detail exactly what nonviolence
entailed, and the formidable difficulties that the pioneers of such
resistance encountered in the years 1905-19.
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