Dr. Norman Finkelstein Presents "What Gandhi Says about Nonviolence, Resistance and Courage"
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- As the occupy movement and protests have blossomed around the world, there has been new interest in the work of Mahatma Gandhi, who championed nonviolent resistance during the struggle for Indian Independence. But while Gandhi's name has often been invoked, from Tahrir Square to Zuccotti Park, few have actually gone back to examine what Gandhi believed about the relationship between nonviolence, resistance and courage.
Norman Finkelstein has read deeply in Gandhi's collected writings as part of his exploration of how the longstanding conflict between Israelis and Palestinians might be brought to an end. He has found that some of what we think we know about Gandhi's views is incomplete, if not incorrect. Finkelstein's new book is an attempt to clearly lay out the basic principles of Gandhi's approach. A fuller appreciation of Gandhi's message will be of interest to those concerned about the Middle East as well as the more general struggle for peace and social justice worldwide.
Norman Finkelstein received his doctorate in 1988 from the Department of Politics at Princeton University. He is the author of six books besides this one on Gandhi.
Thank you Dr. Finkelstein! 👍
Dr. Norman Finkelstein is an outstanding intellectual.
YES
Professor Finkelstein is such an engaging and entertaining speaker.
I am always so impressed with how charming, gracious and easy going Norm is in spite of what has been hurled at him..
_This_ is a true intellectual.
absolutely remarquable .. What a great mind !! thank you
Charming Dr.Norman is charming
I agree about reducing our needs
I learned more about Gandhi in 1.5 hours then I have my whole life
Keep learning, ghandi isn't the one that drove Britain out of India.
No one person can do it . Many great people fought for the independence barring the personalities like Savarkar and Jinnah who were against Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose recruiting Indians for INA . Savarkar has actively encouraged Indians to join British India army but not the INA because he feared for the unity among people and how that would derail his Hindutva ideology based on Nazi ideology. And ofcourse he pleadged his allegiance to the British government. Gandhi , Netaji,Patel,Nehru and countless others were at the forefront of our struggle. That is why Gandhi is respected widely in the western world but abused by the BJP-RSS supporters. But credit to you people for single handedly destroying the social fabric of this country.
@@sunnyshabaz4615 he's propagated in the western world, and no one else leading the fight, because he was a pacifist while others fought the British. And they don't teach you how he used to abuse his wife or do celibacy experiments by sleeping naked with his grand daughter. Idgaf about ghandi.
What do you mean? Can you explain? Thanks a lot
I like it. Corrected many misinformation I had. Thank you.
I own this book and I just used it as one of my scholarly sources for a Thesis assignment. Thank you, Dr. Finkelstein.
Your are great Norman!
27:02 - ''no amount of non violence will get people to act if they do not agree with your goals''
it says all for Palestinians and Gaza ..
19:57 - ''We know the truth and will enlighten the masses''
I finished his book today and I deeply appreciate the thought and research Dr. Finkelstein put in his powerful mediation and critique. This is a great presentation summarizing his arguments.
Amazing, thanks for sharing.
"how do you quicken the dead conscious to life?"
Wonderful, thanks for this
I like how he just ended on "ok!"
haha like telling us about a guy who was ready to test his own pain threshold to the maximum, someone who might actually withstand torture better than Al Qaeda. And then... "OK!"
Thank you
*Listen to the lectures and interviews (available in youtube) of Arundhati Roy on Gandhi to learn about an unknown side of Gandhi.*
Didn't he keep his wife locked in the house?
@@moodist1erno.. Wtf
@@anshuraj4277 yes
@@moodist1erhis wife Kasturi bhai was also protesting with many females against the British. They shared quite a beautiful bond between them.
Come visit Sardinia
This leads to a logical question - how did Gandhian tactics work with the staunch British?
gandhi at the age he proposed such solution was already obtained enough experience of humanity by working for east india shipping company as an attorney in africa in younger years his old age doctrine motto was a manifestation of self criticism of his own youth in most opposite ways it was manifestation of his own self actualization (self realization may be considered still suspicious) he was a product of his own consciouss and east india shipping company acculturation curriculums but there were young hegelians in his era to standa against him regardless their linguistic relativism and bounded reality india become independent only in 1950s starting a transition period took till 70s promoted gandhi political family to a most corrupted status these kinda things can be evaluated by those who is capable to suspend their judgement and live those times first hand good luck to young and curious minds who is dealing with those over 65
27:36 - pro life vs pro choice
The man of non violence helped British in 2nd world war. Alleged to support execution of Bhagat Sing.
You don't understand. Do you? If you understood it you won't be spitting lies in the first place here.
@@ManishKumar-uf9tx Regarding the first point .. Gandhi did request people to join the British army. This move made a lot of people question his "Ahimsa" stance. Gandhi also called Bhagat Singh misguided nationalist, but he did write to the viceroy and ,as per Irwin, did bring it up in their meeting.
Ghandhi did advocate for the release of bhaghat singh, he also advocated the release of sardar uday singh.
Actually the first point is talked about in the Norman's book. But I don't remember wether the second thing was mentioned too.
1:22:22 Even Eastern Europeans don't quite have those Western appetites. They seem odd. It is the West that is anomalous.
Free Palestine
Palestinien's prints have been discovered dated over centuries from the 16th century
About their cousin the Jewish
it's God who banned them from creating a housing on another people land
Choose them
command them to spread amongst nation
Be His representant guide these nations
into peace justice understanding
they're still under God's expectation and Eye
Don’t see how one argues Chomsky had good political instincts.
Chomsky is very old. There was a time when his instincts were razor sharp. He has been politically active for seven decades.
Because they're both Zionists.. they criticize Israel a lot, but in the end they're still all about keeping a state of Israel at the expense of dispossessed Palestinians.