Civil Resistance
In my last South Asian politics class a student asked about the meaning of civil disobedience in the Indian context. We discussed the origins of civil disobedience in the work of H.D. Thoreau, M.K. Gandhi, and M.L. King. In particular, I tried to convey the idea that the phrase "passive resistance" is highly deceptive, since civil disobedience is very active.
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