Non-Violence and Satyagraha : Facets of Mahatma Gandhi/edited by Subrata Mukherjee and Sushila Ramaswamy. 1998, xxv, 405 p., $27. ISBN 81-7100-665-8.
Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. A study of the meanings of non-violence/Gene Sharp. 2. The tradition of non-violence and its underlying forces/Stuart Nelson. 3. Civil disobedience/J.B. Kripalani. 4. The meaning of satyagraha/Thomas Merton. 5. Satyagraha: a new way of life and a new technique for social change/R.R. Diwakar. 6. Satyagraha versus Duragraha/Joan V. Bondurant. 7. Satyagraha in Mahatma Gandhi's political philosophy/Michael Emin Salla. 8. Ahimsa through the ages: Gandhi's contribution/S.B. Mookherji. 9. Satyagraha and democracy/S.P. Verma. 10. The Rowlatt Act and Gandhian satyagraha/Anima Bose. 11. Gandhi's stand on human rights in the Vykom satyagraha/Anima Bose. 12. Dandi march/C.H. Muthyalayya Naidu. 13. Historiography and Dandi march: the other myths of Gandhi's salt march/Thomas Weber. 14. Civil disobedience and violence in Indian politics/B.S. Sharma. 15. Non-violence and India's independence/William Stuart Nelson. 16. Gandhi and the black people of South Africa/James D. Hunt. 17. Repercussions of the South Africa satyagraha movement in India/N. Krishnaswamy. 18. Modernity, violence and Gandhi/Ramashray Roy. 19. Influence of Thoreau and Emerson on Gandhi's satyagraha/George Hendrick. 20. Gandhi and King--pioneers of modern non-violence/William Robert Miller. 21. Non-violence as a political strategy: Gandhi and western thinkers/Hugh Tinker. 22. Gandhi and the Green Party/Petra K. Kelly. 23. Twelve-point Gandhian agenda for the peace movements/J.D. Sethi. 24. Gandhi's contribution to global non-violent awakening/Glenn D. Paige. Index.
"Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was one of the most outstanding men that the twentieth century has produced. He grew to the fullest stature of human personality and has left behind a name to be cherished devoutly in the memories of human generations for centuries to come.
"Gandhi made the technique of non-violence the powerful weapon in his fight against British imperialism. For him the only dogma was his belief in non-violence as a creed and here he was not willing to make compromises. Both the doctrines of non-violence and satyagraha are linked to Gandhi's innate attachment to truth which is described as 'truth force'. His greatest experiments related to the method of satyagraha which he applied to different situations and against different types of opponents.
"This book studies Mahatma Gandhi's thoughts and doctrines of non-violence and satyagraha.
"This outstanding book would be a valuable addition for all libraries and a treasure for all scholars, students and general readers interested in the study of Mahatma Gandhi." (jacket)
[Subrata Mukherjee's books include Essays in Marxist Theory and Practice and Gandhian Thought Marxist Interpretation.
Sushila Ramaswamy's book include August Bebel : Women in the Past, Present and Future.]