@article{1479222,
      recid = {1479222},
      author = {Jahanbegloo, Ramin, },
      title = {The Gandhian Moment /},
      pages = {1 online resource (208 p.)},
      abstract = {Gandhi is revered as a historic leader, the father of  Indian independence, and the inspiration for nonviolent  protest around the world. But the importance of these  practical achievements has obscured Gandhi's stature as an  extraordinarily innovative political thinker. Ramin  Jahanbegloo presents Gandhi the political theorist-the  intellectual founder of a system predicated on the power of  nonviolence to challenge state sovereignty and domination.  A philosopher and an activist in his own right, Jahanbegloo  guides us through Gandhi's core ideas, shows how they  shaped political protest from 1960s America to the fall of  the Berlin Wall and beyond, and calls for their use today  by Muslims demanding change. Gandhi challenged mainstream  political ideas most forcefully on sovereignty. He argued  that state power is not legitimate simply when it commands  general support or because it protects us from anarchy.  Instead, legitimacy depends on the consent of dutiful  citizens willing to challenge the state nonviolently when  it acts immorally. The culmination of the inner struggle to  recognize one's duty to act, Jahanbegloo says, is the  ultimate "Gandhian moment." Gandhi's ideas have motivated  such famous figures as Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela,  and the Dalai Lama. As Jahanbegloo demonstrates, they also  inspired the unheralded Muslim activists Abul Kalam Azad  and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, whose work for Indian  independence answers those today who doubt the viability of  nonviolent Islamic protest. The book is a powerful reminder  of Gandhi's enduring political relevance and a pioneering  account of his extraordinary intellectual achievements.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1479222},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674074859},
}