Mary Elizabeth King (Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies for th

Gandhian Nonviolent Struggle and Untouchability in South India

The 1924-25 Vykom Satyagraha and Mechanisms of Change

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Produktbeschreibung

Through an analysis of the twenty-month-long Gandhian satyagraha (nonviolent resistance) against untouchability at Vykom, Kerala, in the mid-1920s, this book explores new approaches to the understanding and practice of civil resistance as the application of social power.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP India
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 145mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 570g
• ISBN-13: 9780199452668
• ISBN-10: 0199452660
• Artikelnr.: 47871232

Autorenporträt

Mary Elizabeth King is Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies for the UN-affiliated University for Peace, main campus, Costa Rica, and Distinguished Fellow of the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
List of figures and Maps
Foreword by Bhikhu Parekh
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1: Travancore Society: Early Stirrings of Organized Opposition against Caste
2: The Ezhava Community Awakens
3: The Satyagraha
4: The Maharani Regent and Travancore Governmental Change
5: The Settlement
6: The Vykom Compromise: Gandhi's Role and Broader Implications
7: Impact of Vykom on a Tool in International Theory
8: An Historic Campaign Holds Contemporary Lessons
Conclusion
Glossary
Appendix I Timeline
Appendix II Mechanisms of Change
Select Bibliography
Index
About the Author