Displaying 1 of 1 1969 Format: Book Author: Erikson, Erik H. (Erik Homburger), 1902-1994, author. Title: Gandhi's truth : on the origins of militant nonviolence / Erik H. Erikson. Edition: [1st ed.]. Publisher, Date: New York : Norton, 1969. Description: 476 pages ; 22 cm Summary: In this study of Mahatma Gandhi, psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson explores how Gandhi succeeded in mobilizing the Indian people both spiritually and politically as he became the revolutionary innovator of militant non-violence and India became the motherland of large-scale civil disobedience. Subjects: Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948. Passive resistance. Psychoanalytic interpretation. Nationalism -- India -- 20th century. Violence. Social change. Genre: Biographies. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-461) and index. Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1970. Contents: PROLOGUE : ECHOES OF AN EVENT. I. India: First Encounters --- II. A Seminar in Ahmedabad --- III. The Elusive Event ---- PART ONE: THE INQUIRY. I. The Witnesses. 1. The Autobiography --- 2. Survivors ---- II. The Counterplayer ---- III. Four Old Indians ---- PART Two: THE PAST. I. Childhood and Youth. 1. Moniya and His Mother --- 2. Mohan and His Father --- 3. The Curse --- 4. Mohandas and His Evil Friend ---- II. From Vow to Vocation. 1. The Inner and the Outer Man --- 2. Arjuna in the Court of Small Claims --- 3. The Only One Available ---- III. Householder in South Africa. 1. Somebody --- 2. Nobody --- 3. Instrument of Peace --- 4. Manifesto ---- PART THREE: THE EVENT. I.A Personal Word ---- II. Prophet in His Own Country. 1. Why Ahmedabad? --- 2. The Four-Fold Ruin --- 3. Confrontation --- 4. Breakthrough ---- III. Companions and Counterplayers. 1. The Sarabhais --- 2. Shankerlal Banker --- 3. Mahadev --- 4. Sons and Followers ---- IV. The Event Retold ---- V. Aftermath. 1. Satyagrahi and Soldier --- 2. Patient and Mahatma ---- PART FOUR: THE LEVERAGE OF TRUTH. I. Homo Religiosus ---- II. The Instrument. 1. Tactics --- 2. Ritual --- 3. Insight ----EPILOGUE: MARCH TO THE SEA. LCCN: 68054964 ISBN: 0393098826 9780393098822 0393007413 9780393007411 0393310345 9780393310344 * 039301049X. Other Number: 10882 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 114344 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 323.2 Erikson Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
