GANDHI'S TRUTH. On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence
by [Gandhi]]; Erickson Erik H
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1969. First Edition. 8vo, publisher's original black cloth, lettered in silver on the spine panel, in the original printed black, yellow and red dustjacket. 474 pp. A fine, near pristine copy of the book, a bit of residue from the jacket on the upper and lower covers, the dustjacket with a bit of light edgewear. FIRST EDITION. In this book, Erickson, the greatly respected analyst, psychoanalyst, professor and author sets out in this work to elucidate the nature of what Gandhi called his Truth in Action. The author sets out to retell in great detail a relatively little-known event in Gandhi's middle years, namely, his assumption of leadership in a strike of textile workers in the city of Ahmedabad in `918. Erickson explains Gandhi's method of concentrating on local grievances of high symbolic value as a way of mobilizing the Indian masses both spiritually and politically, a method that distinguished Gandhi from the charismatic figures of the post-World War I period. This work on Gandhi has long been considered of singular importance and is remembered as one of the best of the many good books which Erickson penned.
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- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32600
- Title
- GANDHI'S TRUTH. On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence
- Author
- [Gandhi]]; Erickson Erik H
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
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