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When Mahatma Gandhi died in 1948 by an assassin’s bullet, the most potent legacy he left to the world was the technique of satyagraha (literally, holding on to the Truth). His 鈥渆xperiments with Truth鈥� were far from complete at the time of his death, but he had developed a new technique for effecting social and political change through the constructive conduct of conflict: Gandhian satyagraha had become eminently more than 鈥減assive resistance鈥� or 鈥渃ivil disobedience.鈥�


By relating what Gandhi said to what he did and by examining instances of satyagraha led by others, this book abstracts from the Indian experiments those essential elements that constitute the Gandhian technique. It explores, in terms familiar to the Western reader, its distinguishing characteristics and its far-reaching implications for social and political philosophy.