The Power of Nonviolent Resistance - Selected Writings

Informationen zum Autor M. K. Gandhi; Edited with an Introduction by Tridip Suhrud Klappentext In time for the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of his birth, a specially curated collection of Mahatma Gandhi's writings on nonviolent resistance and activism. A Penguin Classic The year 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi's birth, and Penguin Classics presents a short but comprehensive selection of text by Gandhi that speaks to non-violent civil disobedience and activism. In excerpts drawn from his books, letters, and essays--including from Hind Swaraj , Satyagraha in South Africa , Yeravda Mandir , Ashram Observances in Action , his readings of Thoreau and Tolstoy, and his essays on the life of Socrates--the reader observes the power and eloquence in which Gandhi expressed his views on non-violent resistance, which have inspired activists from the U.S. Civil Rights movement and around the world. The Power of Nonviolent Resistance includes a new introduction and suggestions for further exploration by renowned Gandhi scholar Tridip Suhrud, which gives context to the time of Gandhi's writings while placing them firmly into the present-day political climate, inspiring a new generation of activists to follow the civil rights hero's teachings and practices. I.   Foundation   Gandhi's insistence that nonviolence is not only an ancient virtue that we should aspire to cultivate but the very foundation of modern polity and society remains one of his most enduring of strivings. This section presents some of the foundational interventions through which Gandhi explained his conduct and laid bare the intricacies of nonviolent action. The selection opens with Gandhi's speech at the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg on September 11, 1906, the day regarded as the advent of satyagraha and closes with Gandhi's testimony on the duty of disloyalty at a trial in Ahmedabad.       1. The Advent of Satyagraha   The meeting was duly held on September 11, 1906. It was attended by delegates from various places in the Transvaal. But I must confess that even I myself had not then understood all the implications of the resolutions I had helped to frame; nor had I gauged all the possible conclusions to which they might lead. The old Empire Theatre was packed from floor to ceiling. I could read in every face the expectation of something strange to be done or to happen. Mr. Abdul Gani, Chairman of the Transvaal British Indian Association, presided. He was one of the oldest Indian residents of the Transvaal, and partner and manager of the Johannesburg branch of the well-known firm of Mamad Kasam Kamrudin. The most important among the resolutions passed by the meeting was the famous Fourth Resolution by which the Indians solemnly determined not to submit to the Ordinance in the event of its becoming law in the teeth of their opposition and to suffer all the penalties attaching to such non-submission. I fully explained this resolution to the meeting and received a patient hearing. The business of the meeting was conducted in Hindi or Gujarati; it was impossible therefore that anyone present should not follow the proceedings. For the Tamils and Telugus who did not know Hindi there were Tamil and Telugu speakers who fully explained everything in their respective languages. The resolution was duly proposed, seconded, and supported by several speakers one of whom was Sheth Haji Habib. He, too, was a very old and experienced resident of South Africa and made an impassioned speech. He was deeply moved and went so far as to say that we must pass this resolution with God as witness and must never yield a cowardly submission to such degrading legislation. He then went on solemnly to declare in the name of God that he would never submit to that law, and advis...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: M K Gandhi, M. K. Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Tridip Suhrud
• Mitarbeit: Tridip Suhrud (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Penguin Books USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780143134152
• ISBN: 978-0-14-313415-2
• Seiten: 128
• Abmessung: 129 mm x 197 mm x 14 mm
• Serie: Penguin Classics
• Thema: Sachbuch