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Empire · September 19, 2022 · 50m

Gandhi and the Power of Nonviolence

Mahatma Gandhi's transformation of Indian independence from elite petition to mass movement. Dalrymple and Anand, joined by historian Ram Guha, examine how Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolent resistance undermined the moral foundations of British rule.

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Canon

Gandhi's greatest achievement was not his own courage but his systematic training of millions of ordinary people to face police batons, prison, and death without fighting back.

Highlights

Nonviolence is a strategy, not just a moral position
Gandhi's nonviolence was strategically calculated: it denied the British the enemy they knew how to fight (armed rebels) and instead presented an adversary their military superiority could not defeat (moral authority).
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