The power of nonviolent resistance: selected writings

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"The year 2019 marks the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi's birth, and Penguin Classics presents a short but comprehensive selection of text by Gandhi that speaks to nonviolent civil disobedience and activism. In excerpts drawn from his books, letters, and essays-including from Hind Swaraj, Satyagraha in South Africa, From 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. The Power of Nonviolent Resistance includes a selection of texts, introduction, and suggestions for further reading 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"--Résumé de l'éditeur.