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https://doi.org/10.32728/flux.2020.2.6

Inspired by Gandhi: Mahatma Gandhi’s Influence on Significant Leaders of Nonviolence

Anna Katalin Aklan ; Department of Indian Studies, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary


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Abstract

The leader of the Indian independence movement, Mahatma Gandhi, left an invaluable legacy: he proved to the world that it was possible to achieve political aims without the use of violence. He was the first political activist to develop strategies of nonviolent mass resistance based on a solid philosophical and uniquely religious foundation. Since Gandhi’s death in 1948, in many parts of the world, this legacy has been received and continued by others facing oppression, inequality, or a lack of human rights. This article is a tribute to five of the most faithful followers of Gandhi who have acknowledged his inspiration for their political activities and in choosing nonviolence as a political method and way of life: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Martin Luther King, Louis Massignon, the Dalai Lama, and Malala Yousafzai. This article describes their formative leadership and their significance and impact on regional and global politics and history.

Keywords

Gandhi; nonviolence; Ghaffar Khan; Martin Luther King; Massignon; Dalai Lama; Malala Yousafzai; Gandhi’s legacy; human rights; passive resistance

Hrčak ID:

248619

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/248619

Publication date:

23.12.2020.

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