The power of nonviolent resistance
Subtitle: selected writings
By: M.K. Gandhi ; edited with an introduction by Tridip Suhrud
Contributors: Suhrud, Tridip, editor
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2019
Place of publication: [New York, NY]
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780525505891
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Passive resistance; Résistance passive; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Political Process; Political Advocacy; Political science
Description: 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.