Confluence of thought : Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Label

Confluence of thought : Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Title remainder

Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Statement of responsibility

Bidyut Chakrabarty

Creator

• Chakrabarty, Bidyut, 1958-

Author

• Chakrabarty, Bidyut, 1958-

Subject

• King, Martin Luther, Jr, 1929-1968 -- Influence
• Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Influence
• Nonviolence
• King, Martin Luther, Jr, 1929-1968 -- Political and social views
• Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Political and social views

Language

eng

Summary

"The literature on Gandhi and Martin Luther King is vast, and scholars often speak of the two leaders when discussing theories of non-violence. Yet, no attempt has yet been made to understand the way in which Gandhi and King's socio-political ideas converge in terms of their origins, development and application. In Confluence of Thought, Bidyut Chakrabarty argues that there is a confluence of thought between Gandhi and King's concerns for humanity and advocacy of non-violence, despite their different historical and socio-economic contexts. He says that these two figures are perhaps the best modern historical examples of individuals who combined religion with the political to produce a dynamic social ideology. Gandhi saw service to humanity as the path to 'self-actualization' and thus spiritually most fulfilling; similarly, King pursued religion-driven social action. Chakrabarty looks particularly at the way in which each deployed religious and political language to draw the widest possible membership to their social movements. While Chakrabarty points out that neither thinker was able to fulfill his chosen mission, both suffering death by assassination, he positions the two as the premier modern influences on theories of non-violence today"--

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Provided by publisher

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DLC

Dewey number

303.6/1

Index

index present

LC call number

HM1281

LC item number

.C46 2013

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography