Anarchy or chaos : M.P.T. Acharya and the Indian struggle for freedom / Ole Birk Laursen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laursen, Ole Birk, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Acharya, M. P. T. (M. P. Tirumala), 1887-1951.

Acharya, M. P. T.

India--Politics and government--1857-1919.

India.

India--Politics and government--1919-1947.

India--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

During the tumultuous opening decades of the 1900s - marked by the globalisation of radical inter-revolutionary struggles, world wars, the rise of communism and fascism, and the growth of colonial independence movements - M.P.T. Acharya allied himself with pacifists, anarchists, radical socialists and anticolonial fighters in exile, championing a future free from any form of oppression, whether by colonial rulers or native masters. Drawing on a wealth of archival material, private correspondence and other primary sources, Ole Birk Laursen demonstrates that, among his contemporaries, Acharya's turn to anarchism was unique and pioneering in the struggle for Indian independence. 'Anarchy or Chaos' offers a new understanding of the global and entangled history of anarchism and anticolonialism in the first half of the twentieth century.

Contents:

Cover

Half title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Photos

Acknowledgments

Note on Text and Translation

List of Abbreviations

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Part I: Nationalism, Exile, and War, 1906-19

1. Nationalism in the British Empire

2. Exile in Europe

3. The Ghadar Period

4. War against the British Empire

5. International Socialism and World Peace

Part II: Revolution and Communism, 1919-22

6. Revolution in Russia

7. The Indian Communist Party

8. Anti-Communist Activities

Part III: Anticolonialism, Anarchism, and Anti-Militarism, 1922-34

9. Anticolonialism and Anarchism in Weimar Berlin

10. Anti-Imperialism and Anti-Militarism

11. Ultra-Leftists and Outsiders

Part IV: Escape And Return To India, 1934-45

12. Escape from Europe

13. Return to India

Part V Freedom, Violence, And Anarchy, 1945-54

14. Towards Freedom

15. Violent Independence

16. Anarchy

Epilogue: Afterlife of an Indian Revolutionary

Notes

Published Works by M. P. T. Acharya

Bibliography

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 10, 2024).

ISBN:

0-19-777098-3

0-19-776676-5

OCLC:

1389610671