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Gandhi's truth : on the origins of militant nonviolence

Title
Gandhi's truth : on the origins of militant nonviolence / Erik H. Erikson.
Author
Erikson, Erik H. (Erik Homburger), 1902-1994
Publication
New York : Norton, 1969.

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Additional Authors
Dedalus Foundation, donor NN
Description
476 pages; 22 cm
Summary
In this study of Mahatma Gandhi, psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson explores how Gandhi succeeded in mobilizing the Indian people both spiritually and politically as he became the revolutionary innovator of militant non-violence and India became the motherland of large-scale civil disobedience.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-461) and index.
Audience (note)
  • 1400L
Source (note)
  • of the Dedalus Foundation;
Awards (note)
  • Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1970.
Contents
PROLOGUE : ECHOES OF AN EVENT. I. India: First Encounters --- II. A Seminar in Ahmedabad --- III. The Elusive Event ---- PART ONE: THE INQUIRY. I. The Witnesses. 1. The Autobiography --- 2. Survivors ---- II. The Counterplayer ---- III. Four Old Indians ---- PART Two: THE PAST. I. Childhood and Youth. 1. Moniya and His Mother --- 2. Mohan and His Father --- 3. The Curse --- 4. Mohandas and His Evil Friend ---- II. From Vow to Vocation. 1. The Inner and the Outer Man --- 2. Arjuna in the Court of Small Claims --- 3. The Only One Available ---- III. Householder in South Africa. 1. Somebody --- 2. Nobody --- 3. Instrument of Peace --- 4. Manifesto ---- PART THREE: THE EVENT. I.A Personal Word ---- II. Prophet in His Own Country. 1. Why Ahmedabad? --- 2. The Four-Fold Ruin --- 3. Confrontation --- 4. Breakthrough ---- III. Companions and Counterplayers. 1. The Sarabhais --- 2. Shankerlal Banker --- 3. Mahadev --- 4. Sons and Followers ---- IV. The Event Retold ---- V. Aftermath. 1. Satyagrahi and Soldier --- 2. Patient and Mahatma ---- PART FOUR: THE LEVERAGE OF TRUTH. I. Homo Religiosus ---- II. The Instrument. 1. Tactics --- 2. Ritual --- 3. Insight ----EPILOGUE: MARCH TO THE SEA.
Call Number
D-19 8374
ISBN
  • 0393098826
  • 9780393098822
  • 0393007413
  • 9780393007411
  • 0393310345
  • 9780393310344
  • 039301049X. (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
68054964
OCLC
10882
Author
Erikson, Erik H. (Erik Homburger), 1902-1994, author.
Title
Gandhi's truth : on the origins of militant nonviolence / Erik H. Erikson.
Imprint
New York : Norton, 1969.
Edition
[1st ed.].
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-461) and index.
Audience
1400L Lexile
Awards
Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1970.
Local Note
Copy in ReCAP 24-4283 inscribed.
Source
Gift; of the Dedalus Foundation; 2024. NN
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Dedalus Foundation, donor NN
Research Call Number
ReCAP 24-4283
D-19 8374
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