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Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence

Erik Erikson

In this study of Mahatma Gandhi, psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson explores how Gandhi succeeded in mobilizing the Indian people both spiritually and politically as he became the revolutionary innovator of militant non-violence and India became the motherland of large-scale civil disobedience.

Politics & GovernmentPolitics & Government · high confidencePolitics & Government81 signalsLlm Classifier: Politics & Government -> Politics & GovernmentGoogle Books: Nationalism -> Politics & GovernmentOpen Library: Violence -> True Crime & JusticeCrime, Policing & ViolenceCourts & TrialsPrisons & Incarceration

Award History

2 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for NonfictionMajor1970Co-winnerSecondary source
Pulitzer Prize in General NonfictionMajor1970WinnerSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Mahatma Gandhi90%

  2. 02 Central places

    • India80%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    Erik H. Erikson argues Gandhi succeeded in mobilizing Indian people spiritually and politically by becoming a revolutionary innovator of militant nonviolence, enabling large-scale civil disobedience.

    Model confidence 62%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    55 / 100 academic

    Trade / academic crossover

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 74%.