Satyagraha: The Gandhian Way. Issue 2 (December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jahanbegloo, Ramin
• Is Part Of: Antyajaa. Volume 1:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 191
• Page End: 204
• Publication Date: 2016-12
• Subjects: Satyagraha -- non-violence -- Gandhi -- Martin Luther King Jr -- Nelson Mandela; Women -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Girls -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Feminism -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Marginality, Social -- India -- Periodicals; Marginality, Social -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Social change -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Social change -- India -- Periodicals; Women; Girls; Feminism; Marginality, Social; Social change; India; Developing counries; Periodicals; 305.40971724
• DOI: 10.1177/2455632716674647
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2455-6327

Abstract

This article highlights the key concepts of Gandhi's philosophy of Satyagraha and its intellectual origins by drawing extensively on his formulations of the right to civil disobedience and non-cooperation with unjust laws. This is followed by a detailed examination of the relevance of Gandhi's idea of Satyagraha. The author concludes that Gandhi's practice of Satyagraha provides us with a desperately needed alternative in the 21st century.