Civil Disobedience in Indian Tradition, with Some Early Nineteenth Century Documents c5.4
Civil Disobedience in Indian Tradition, with Some Early Nineteenth Century Documents c5.4
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c5.4
In the main, there are two views about the origins of non-cooperation and civil disobedience initiated by Gandhiji firstly in South Africa and later in India. According to one group of scholars, Gandhiji learnt them from Thoreau, Tolstoy, Ruskin, etc. According to the other, non-cooperation and civil disobedience were Gandhiji’s own unique discovery, born out of his own creative genius and heightened spirituality.