Mahatma Gandhi

Informationen zum Autor Dennis Dalton was the Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Political Science and is now emeritus at Barnard College! Columbia University. The winner of a Fulbright scholarship and grants from the American Council of Learned Societies and the American Philosophical Institute! he is the author of Indian Idea of Freedom: Political Thought of Swami Vivekananda! Aurobindo Ghose! Mahatma Gandhi! and Rabindranath Tagore and editor of Mahatma Gandhi: Selected Political Writings. Klappentext This book moves from the birth of Gandhi's method of nonviolent resistance in South Africa to an in-depth analysis of two of his signal triumphs: the civil disobedience movement of 1930 and his historic Calcutta fast of 1947. Dalton concluded with a comparison of Gandhi to Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Zusammenfassung Reprint of 1993 edition. Includes new preface! afterword! and chronology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the 2012 ReissuePrefaceIntroduction1. Satyagraha Meets Swaraj: The Development of Gandhi's Ideas 1896-19172. Gandhi as Leader: Nonviolence in Power3. Critiques of Gandhi from His Contemporaries: Rabindranath Tagore and M.N. Roy4. Civil Disobedience: The Salt Satyagraha5. The Calcutta Fast6. MohandasConclusion: Gandhi's Contribution from Various AnglesAfterword to the 2012 ReissueChronologyNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: D Dalton, Dennis Dalton, Dalton Dennis
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2012
• EAN: 9780231159593
• ISBN: 978-0-231-15959-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 228 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Columbia University Press
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, India, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Political leaders & leadership, Asian History, Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership, HISTORY / Asia / South / India