Gandhi and the Nobel Peace Prize

ISBN-13: 9781138490031 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 158 str.

Rajinder Singh

Opis

An apostle of non-violent struggle, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a much revered world figure. Between 1924 & 1948, in nearly 100 nominations he was proposed for the Nobel Peace Prize. Yet, despite international support, Gandhi was never a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Why was it so? To answer this question, this volume analyses the nomination letters, reports of the experts’ of the Nobel Committee, confidential records & other unpublished documents from the Archives of the Peace Prize Institute.

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Spis treści

Introduction; 1.  Gandhi vs. Aga Khan: The First Indian Nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize; 2.  Gandhi and the Nobel Peace Prize for the Year 1937; 3.  Gandhi’s Nomination for the Years 1938 and 1939: More than 40 Nominations; 4.  Gandhi’s Nomination for the Year 1947: Different Opinions of the Members of the Nobel Committee; 5.  Gandhi on the Verge of Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize: The Failure of Mahatma’s Followers

O autorze

Rajinder Singh is Post-Doc at the University of Oldenburg, Germany. He is a member of editorial teams: Indian Journal of History of Science, Indian National Science Academy, Delhi; and Science and Culture, Indian Science News Association, Kolkata.