American Gandhi - A. J. Muste and the History of Radicalism in the Twentieth Century

American Gandhi traces the evolving political and religious views of one of the most beloved figures of the American left. Through A. J. Muste's exemplary career as a peace activist and radical, Leilah Danielson charts the rise and fall of American liberalism and the left over the course of the twentieth century.

List of contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. Calvinism, Class, and the Making of a Modern Radical

Chapter 2. Spirituality and Modernity

Chapter 3. Pragmatism and "Transcendent Vision"

Chapter 4. Muste, Workers' Education, and Labor's Culture War in the 1920s

Chapter 5. Labor Action

Chapter 6. Americanizing Marx and Lenin

Chapter 7. To the Left

Chapter 8. Muste and the Origins of Nonviolence in the United States

Chapter 9. Conscience Against the Wartime State and the Bomb

Chapter 10. Speaking Truth to Power

Chapter 11. Muste and the Search for a "Third Way"

Chapter 12. The "American Gandhi" and Vietnam

Epilogue

Notes

Index

About the author

Leilah Danielson

Summary

American Gandhi traces the evolving political and religious views of one of the most beloved figures of the American left. Through A. J. Muste's exemplary career as a peace activist and radical, Leilah Danielson charts the rise and fall of American liberalism and the left over the course of the twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Leilah Danielson
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.09.2014
• EAN: 9780812246391
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4639-1
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Politics and Culture in Modern; Politics and Culture in Modern America; Politics and Culture in Modern America; Politics and Culture in Modern
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education