12:00 PM
July 05, 2024
Event
M.K. Gandhi championed non-violent resistance as part of his protest against empire and colonial rule. However, the Rowlatt Satyagraha and the Non-Cooperation Movement, Gandhi’s first experiments in mass satyagraha, ended in outbreaks of violence. What was the cause of this violence? Gandhi worried that just as Indians were freeing themselves from slavery, they began acting like masters against those who were weaker, especially minorities of various kinds.
In this Infosys Prize lecture, 2023 Infosys Prize laureate in Social Sciences Prof. Karuna Mantena will discuss Gandhi’s analysis and rejection of violence in mass protest and consider why this matters for democracy today.
Speaker
Karuna Mantena
Professor, Political Science, Columbia University, USA and Co-Director, Conference for the Study of Political Thought
