Gandhi's Truth

Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence
Cover of the first edition
AuthorErik H. Erikson
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMahatma Gandhi
PublisherW. W. Norton
Publication date
1969
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback)
Pages476 (1989 reprint edition)
ISBN0-393-00741-3 (1989 reprint edition)

Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence is a 1969 book about Mahatma Gandhi by the German-born American developmental psychologist Erik H. Erikson. It won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction[1] and the U.S. National Book Award in category Philosophy and Religion.[2]

The book was republished in 1993 by Norton.[3]

  1. ^ "Pulitzer Prize Winners: General Non-Fiction" (web). pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
  2. ^ "National Book Awards – 1970" (web). National Book Foundation. 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  3. ^ Erikson, Erik Homburger (1993). Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence. W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 474 pages. ISBN 0-393-31034-5.