Gandhi's Dilemma: Nonviolent Principles and Nationalist Power

by Manfred B. Steger and Na Na

Book Overview

Throughout his long career as a political thinker and activist, Mahatma Gandhi encountered the dilemma of either remaining faithful to his nonviolent principles and risking the failure of the Indian nationalist movement, or focusing on the seizure of political power at the expense of his moral message. Putting forward his vision of a "nonviolent nationalism," Gandhi argued that Indian self-rule could be achieved without sacrificing the universalist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312221770
• ISBN13: 9780312221775
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.7"