Transnational Roots of the Civil Rights Movement : African American Explorations of the Gandhian Repertoire

Sean Chabot

ISBN 10: 0739145770 / ISBN 13: 9780739145777

Editore: Lexington Books, 2011

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book explores collective learning in the Gandhian repertoire s transnational diffusion from the Indian independence movement to the American civil rights movement. Instead of focusing primarily on interpersonal linkages or causal mechanisms, it highlights how decades of translation and experimentation by various actors enabled full implementation. It also shows that transnational diffusion was not a linear and predictable process, but underwent numerous twists and turns. It is relevant for contemporary scholars as well as activists.

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• Titolo: Transnational Roots of the Civil Rights Movement : African American Explorations of the Gandhian Repertoire
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0739145770
• ISBN 13: 9780739145777
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 235 L x 157 A x 18 P (millimetri) 235 millimetri di larghezza per 157 millimetri di altezza per 18 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 515 grammi

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How did African Americans gain the ability to apply Gandhian nonviolence during the civil rights movement? Responses generally focus on Martin Luther King's "pilgrimage to nonviolence" or favorable social contexts and processes. This book, in contrast, highlights the role of collective learning in the Gandhian repertoire's transnational diffusion.
Collective learning shaped the invention of the Gandhian repertoire in South Africa and India as well as its transnational diffusion to the United States. In the 1920s, African Americans and their allies responded to Gandhi's ideas and practices by reproducing stereotypes. Meaningful collective learning started with translation of the Gandhian repertoire in the 1930s and small-scale experimentation in the early 1940s. After surviving the doldrums of the McCarthy era, full implementation of the Gandhian repertoire finally occurred during the civil rights movement between 1955 and 1965. This book goes beyond existing scholarship by contributing deeper and finer insights on how transnational diffusion between social movements actually works. It highlights the contemporary relevance of Gandhian nonviolence and its successful journey across borders.

Informazioni sull?autore

Sean Chabot is associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Eastern Washington University.