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03086aam a2200397 i 4500 001 A6E55EAA250A11E49299BDE9DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140816010026 008 130501s2013 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012050207 020 $a 0199951217 (cloth) 020 $a 9780199951215 (cloth) 020 $a 0199951233 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780199951239 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)842305909 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d BTCTA $d CDX $d YDXCP $d YBM $d IUL $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a HM1281 $b .C46 2013 082 00 $a 303.6/1 $2 23 100 1 $a Chakrabarty, Bidyut, $d 1958- $e author. 245 10 $a Confluence of thought : $b Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. / $c Bidyut Chakrabarty. 264 1 $a New York : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2013] 300 $a xiv, 269 pages ; $c 24 cm. 505 0 $a Introduction -- The intellectual roots of the confluence of thought -- Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.: defying liberals, but deifying liberalism -- Articulation of a new ideology: Gandhi's approach to human equality -- Challenging Jim Crow: King's approach to racial discrimination -- Conclusion. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-256) and index. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Nonviolence. 600 10 $a Gandhi, $c Mahatma, $d 1869-1948 $x Influence. 600 10 $a Gandhi, $c Mahatma, $d 1869-1948 $x Political and social views. 600 10 $a King, Martin Luther, $c Jr., $d 1929-1968 $x Influence. 600 10 $a King, Martin Luther, $c Jr., $d 1929-1968 $x Political and social views. 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180710074700.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826075508.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20140816010627.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A6E55EAA250A11E49299BDE9DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search