The Origins of Nonviolence: Tolstoy and Gandhi in Their Historical SettingsThis book describes the world-historical forces, acting on the periphery of the modern world--in Russia in the 19th century and India in the 20th century which developed the idea of nonviolence in Tolstoy and then in Gandhi. It was from Tolstoy that Gandhi first learned of this idea, but those world-historical forces acted upon and through both men. Tolstoy and Gandhi were at first agents of modern reform, in Russia and India. But then they became rebels against it and led a profound resistance--a resistance spiritually rooted in the traditionalism of myriad peasant villages. |
Contents
Russia and India | 21 |
184755 and 188894 | 56 |
Marx and Lenin | 111 |
Copyright | |
2 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
activity army became become began believed born British brother called caste century Christianity church civilization Collected Cossacks course culture death described developed early empire England English European experience fact father feeling felt followed force freedom hand hero Hindu human Ibid idea imperialism important Indian instance intellectual interest kind knew land later leader Lenin less letter liberal literature lived London look marriage Marx Marxism means military mind moral mother move movement nationalist nature Nehru never nonviolence novel opposite Peace peasants period political Pushkin radical relations religion religious represented revolutionary Russian says seems sense social society South Africa spiritual story things thought Tolstoy and Gandhi Tolstoy's took tradition Translated turned values village wanted Western whole writers wrote York young