Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr : a reappraisal / International Centre of Gandhian Studies and Research
Contributor(s): International Centre of Gandhian Studies and Research.
Publisher: New Delhi : Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, 2016Description: 66p.ISBN: NA.Subject(s): Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869–1948 -- Philosophy of nonviolence -- India | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929–1968 -- Philosophy of nonviolence -- United States | Nonviolence -- Congresses -- Political and social aspects -- Comparative studies | Civil rights movements -- Influence of nonviolence -- United States | Peace movements -- Congresses -- International cooperation -- India—United StatesDDC classification: 303.61 Summary: MAHATMA GANDHI and Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. are the two persons who practised nonviolence ata mass scale to eradicate injustice, racial inequalities, atrocities against 'have-nots' and indignities heaped upon minorities from human society. Though con-temporaries by no means, both espoused the similar cause of Sarvodaya or 'welfare of all' in different ways. But what are the essential qualities which made them great? How did they influence the freedom movements in their own country and guided the course of history in the post-colonial period? What is the relevance of Gandhi and Martin Luther King in the present scenario? How can we apply the teachings and philo-sophy of these two humani-tarians to save humanity from the nuclear-bomb-threatened world of today? These and many such other questions were debated, discussed and looked into in the two-day International Conference on Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. sponsored by the International Centre of Gandhian Amit Rai 3:21 PM (0 minutes ago) to me Studies and Research of the Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi and the Martin Luther King Jr. Foundation, USA, on December 1 and 2, 1997 at Rajghat, New Delhi. This two-day exercise also sought to forge linkages between peace activists, Gandhian scholars and Gandhian constructive workers not only in India but also across the world.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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MAHATMA GANDHI and Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. are the two persons who practised nonviolence ata mass scale to eradicate injustice, racial inequalities, atrocities against 'have-nots' and indignities heaped upon minorities from human society. Though con-temporaries by no means, both espoused the similar cause of Sarvodaya or 'welfare of all' in different ways. But what are the essential qualities which made them great? How did they influence the freedom movements in their own country and guided the course of history in the post-colonial period? What is the relevance of Gandhi and Martin Luther King in the present scenario? How can we apply the teachings and philo-sophy of these two humani-tarians to save humanity from the nuclear-bomb-threatened world of today?
These and many such other questions were debated, discussed and looked into in the two-day International Conference on Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. sponsored by the International Centre of Gandhian
Amit Rai
3:21 PM (0 minutes ago)
to me
Studies and Research of the Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi and the Martin Luther King Jr. Foundation, USA, on December 1 and 2, 1997 at Rajghat, New Delhi. This two-day exercise also sought to forge linkages between peace activists, Gandhian scholars and Gandhian constructive workers not only in India but also across the world.
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