| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Gadfly on trial : Socrates as philosopher-citizen -- Mahatma Gandhi : a nonviolent gadfly -- Henry David Thoreau : an American gadfly -- Martin Luther King Jr. : a gadfly in Montgomery -- Albert Camus : a gadfly in purgatory -- Conclusion : gadflies against the tide. |
| Summary |
This book suggests a link between the citizen-philosopher Socrates and the radical, disobedient, and nonviolent Socrates. Ramin Jahanbegloo explains how these two complementary characteristics were transmitted to nonviolent reformers and practitioners Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Albert Camus. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Socrates.
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Socrates. |
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Socrates -- Influence.
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Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948.
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Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948. |
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Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
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Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. |
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. |
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Camus, Albert, 1913-1960.
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Camus, Albert, 1913-1960. |
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Dissenters -- Biography.
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Dissenters. |
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Biographies.
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| Subject |
Civil disobedience.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political. |
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Civil disobedience. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy. |
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jahanbegloo, Ramin, author. Gadflies in the public space Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2017 9781498541459 (DLC) 2016047246 |
| ISBN |
9781498541466 (Electronic) |
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1498541461 |
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9781498541459 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1498541453 |
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