The Self as Legitimate Target: Self-sacrifice and Self-determination in Mazzini and Gandhi

Both Giuseppe Mazzini and M.K. Gandhi were proponents of an uncompromisingly ethical approach to politics, and both were obliged to confront the appeal of violence. Their tactics, while in many ways opposed, elicited similarly intense controversies. Mazzini was widely believed to have condoned terro...

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Main Author: Giglioli, M. F. N. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2017
In: Politics, religion & ideology
Year: 2017, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 23-41
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