عنوان

Narrative, Speech, and Action:

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LA37d539hn

Title Proper

Narrative, Speech, and Action:

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[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Parkin, Justine

Title Proper by Another Author

Gandhi's Satyagraha and the Constant Becoming of Truth

Text of Note

In this paper, I explore Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence, specifically his articulation and understanding of the conception of truth. For Gandhi, truth in the political sphere is not merely a correspondence between a representation and external phenomena, but is constantly in the process of becoming as the political actor "experiments" with different notions of truth and the actions which are derived from them. I use the notion of a narrative as opposed to scientific mode of thought in order to highlight the open-ended, constant becoming nature of Gandhi's understanding of truth in political action. I conclude by arguing that Gandhi's notion of truth widens the sphere of political action to a plurality of individual contributions and voices towards a truly nonviolent and engaged society.

Date of Publication

2012

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UC Berkeley

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[Article]

275578

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Y