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Nonviolence as a civic virtue: Gandhi and reformed liberalism

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Gier, N.F. Nonviolence as a civic virtue: Gandhi and reformed liberalism. Hindu Studies 7, 75–97 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11407-003-0004-5

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