Gandhi as a political strategist
Subtitle: with essays on ethics and politics
By: by Gene Sharp ; introd. by Coretta Scott King.
Series: Extending horizons books
Publisher: P. Sargent Publishers
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 357
Subjects: Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Political and social views; Passive resistance; Political ethics; India -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947
Notes: Bibliography: p. 328-341.
Table of contents: title: Gandhi as a political strategist. Gandhi’s political significance -- Origins of Gandhi’s use of nonviolent struggle: a review-essay on Erik Erikson’s Gandhi’s Truth -- Gandhi on the theory of voluntary servitude -- Satyagraha and political conflict: a review of Joan V. Bondurant’s Conquest of Violence -- The theory of Gandhi’s constructive program -- Gandhi’s evaluation of Indian nonviolent action -- India’s lesson for the peace movement -- Gandhi’s defense policy -- Gandhi as a national defense strategist -- Essays on ethics and politics. Types of principled nonviolence -- Ethics and responsibility in politics: a critique of the present adequacy of Max Weber’s classification of ethical systems -- Morality, politics, and political technique -- Nonviolence: moral principle or political technique? Clues from Gandhi’s thought and experience -- Appendix A: Shridharani’s contribution to the study of Gandhi’s technique -- Appendix B: The war in 1942 -- Appendix C: Glossary of Indian terms -- Appendix D: Sources for further study -- Appendix E: Recommendations for course usage -- Appendix F: Suggestions for preparing courses on Gandhi -- Appendix G: Original publication sources -- Appendix H: Copyright acknowledgements.