Joan Bondurant
| Joan Bondurant | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 18, 1918 Great Bend, Kansas |
| Died |
September 12, 2006 (aged 87) Tucson, Arizona[1] |
| Citizenship | American |
| Fields | Political science, civil resistance, nonviolent revolution |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley, University of the Pacific |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Influences | Mohandas K. Gandhi |
Joan Valerie Bondurant (1918–2006) was an American political scientist and former spy for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II.[1] She is best known as the author of Conquest of Violence (1958), a book on Gandhian political philosophy.
Early life and intelligence work
Bondurant was born on 16 December 1918 in Great Bend, Kansas.[1][2] She was gifted in the piano, and graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in music.[1]
When WWII broke out, she learned Japanese, and was sent to work for the OSS in India, arriving in New Delhi in May, 1944.[3]:189
Scholarly career and later life
While in India, she met Mahatma Gandhi, and became interested in his nonviolent approach to politics. Returning to the US, Bondurant obtained a doctoral degree in political science at the University of California, Berkeley (1952).[4] She then published Conquest of Violence (1958), a widely reviewed and influential book on Gandhian politics.[5][6][7]
Later, she took a job teaching at University of the Pacific.[1]
Works (selected)
- Bondurant, Joan V. (1988). Conquest of violence: the Gandhian philosophy of conflict (New Revised ed.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691022819. OCLC 17385168.
- Fisher, Margaret Welpley; Joan V. Bondurant (1956). The Indian experience with democratic elections. Berkeley, CA: University of California. OCLC 989639.
- Fisher, Margaret Welpley; Joan V. Bondurant (1956). Indian approaches to a socialist society. Berkeley, CA: Institute of International Studies, University of California. OCLC 845127212.
- Bondurant, Joan V. (1946). Sketches of India, with forty-one photographic illustrations. Ann Arbor, MI: Craft Press. OCLC 4579134.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Squatriglia,, Charles (21 September 2006). "Joan Bondurant -- spy, authority on Gandhi [obituary]". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ↑ AncientFaces. "Joan V Bondurant (1918 - 2006)". AncientFaces. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ↑ McIntosh, Elizabeth P. (1998). Sisterhood of Spies: The Women of the OSS. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9781557505989. OCLC 38042887.
- ↑ Bondurant, Joan V. (1952). Gandhian satyagraha and political theory: an interpretation. Berkeley, CA: Thesis (Ph. D. in Political Science)--University of California, Berkeley). OCLC 21684829.
- ↑ Alexander, Horace (April 1960). "Untitled [review of Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict, by Joan V. Bondurant]". International Affairs ((Royal Institute of International Affairs) 36 (2).
- ↑ Anonymous (1958–1959). "Untitled [review of Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict, by Joan V. Bondurant]". Foreign Affairs 37: 516.
- ↑ Heimsath, Charles H. (July 1959). "Untitled [review of Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict, by Joan V. Bondurant]". Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 324: 197–198.
External links
- Sketches of India (autobiographical work of first India trip, with many photos)
- At Bondurant family website