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| name | | name = Joan Bondurant | ||
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| birth_date | | birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|12|18}} | ||
| birth_place | | birth_place = [[Great Bend]], [[Kansas]] | ||
| death_date | | death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|09|12|1918|12|18}} | ||
| death_place | | death_place = [[Tucson]], [[Arizona]]<ref name=squat06/> | ||
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| citizenship | | citizenship = [[Americans|American]] | ||
| fields | | fields = [[Political science]], [[civil resistance]], [[nonviolent revolution]] | ||
| workplaces | | workplaces = [[University of California, Berkeley]], [[University of the Pacific (United States)|University of the Pacific]] | ||
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'''Joan Valerie Bondurant''' (1918–2006) was an American political scientist and former spy for the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) during [[World War II]].<ref name=squat06>{{cite news|last=Squatriglia|first=Charles|title=Joan Bondurant -- spy, authority on Gandhi <nowiki>[obituary]</nowiki>|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Joan-Bondurant-spy-authority-on-Gandhi-2551226.php|access-date=18 June 2013|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=21 September 2006}}</ref> She is best known as the author of ''Conquest of Violence: The | '''Joan Valerie Bondurant''' (December 18, 1918 – September 12, 2006) was an American political scientist and former spy for the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) during [[World War II]].<ref name=squat06>{{cite news|last=Squatriglia|first=Charles|title=Joan Bondurant -- spy, authority on Gandhi <nowiki>[obituary]</nowiki>|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Joan-Bondurant-spy-authority-on-Gandhi-2551226.php|access-date=18 June 2013|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=21 September 2006}}</ref> She is best known as the author of ''Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict'' (1958), a book on [[Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhian]] political philosophy. | ||
==Early life and intelligence work== | ==Early life and intelligence work== | ||
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==Scholarly career and later life== | ==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).<ref name=jbdisser>{{cite book |last=Bondurant |first=Joan V. |title=Gandhian satyagraha and political theory: an interpretation |year=1952 |publisher=Thesis (Ph.D. in Political Science)--University of California, Berkeley) |location=Berkeley, CA |oclc=21684829}}</ref> | 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).<ref name=jbdisser>{{cite book |last=Bondurant |first=Joan V. |title=Gandhian satyagraha and political theory: an interpretation |year=1952 |publisher=Thesis (Ph.D. in Political Science)--University of California, Berkeley) |location=Berkeley, CA |oclc=21684829}}</ref> She then published ''Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict'' (1958), a widely reviewed and influential book on Gandhian politics.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Alexander |first=Horace |author-link=Horace Alexander |title=Untitled <nowiki>[</nowiki>review of Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict, by Joan V. Bondurant<nowiki>]</nowiki> |journal=[[International Affairs (journal)|International Affairs]] |date=April 1960 |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=215–216 |jstor=2612055 |publisher=(Royal Institute of International Affairs|doi=10.2307/2612055 }}</ref><ref name=foreignaffairs58>{{cite journal |last=Anonymous |title=Untitled <nowiki>[</nowiki>review of Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict, by Joan V. Bondurant<nowiki>]</nowiki> |journal=[[Foreign Affairs]] |year=1958–1959 |volume=37 |pages=516}}</ref><ref name=heimsath59>{{cite journal |last=Heimsath |first=Charles H. |title=Untitled <nowiki>[</nowiki>review of Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict, by Joan V. Bondurant<nowiki>]</nowiki> |journal=[[Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science]] |date=July 1959 |volume=324 |pages=197–198|doi=10.1177/000271625932400183 |s2cid=144648173 }}</ref> | ||
Later, she took a job teaching at [[University of the Pacific (United States)|University of the Pacific]].<ref name=squat06/> | Later, she took a job teaching at [[University of the Pacific (United States)|University of the Pacific]].<ref name=squat06/> | ||
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Her collection of personal and research papers was given to the Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation of River Campus Libraries at the University of Rochester in 2012 and was opened to researchers in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/papers-of-world-war-ii-spy-friend-of-mahatma-gandhi-now-fully-available-to-the-public-133382/|title=Papers of World War II spy, friend of Mahatma Gandhi now fully available to the public - NewsCenter|date=2015-12-31|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-08}}</ref> | Her collection of personal and research papers was given to the Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation of River Campus Libraries at the University of Rochester in 2012 and was opened to researchers in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/papers-of-world-war-ii-spy-friend-of-mahatma-gandhi-now-fully-available-to-the-public-133382/|title=Papers of World War II spy, friend of Mahatma Gandhi now fully available to the public - NewsCenter|date=2015-12-31|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-08}}</ref> | ||
== | ==Selected works== | ||
*{{cite book |last=Bondurant|first=Joan V.|title=Conquest of violence: the Gandhian philosophy of conflict |year=1988 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, NJ |edition=New Revised |isbn= 9780691022819 |oclc=17385168}} | *{{cite book |last=Bondurant|first=Joan V.|title=Conquest of violence: the Gandhian philosophy of conflict |year=1988 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, NJ |edition=New Revised |isbn= 9780691022819 |oclc=17385168}} | ||
**{{cite book |last=Bondurant|first=Joan V.|title=Conquest of violence: the Gandhian philosophy of conflict |year=1958 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, NJ |edition=1st |oclc=154176074}} | **{{cite book |last=Bondurant|first=Joan V.|title=Conquest of violence: the Gandhian philosophy of conflict |year=1958 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, NJ |edition=1st |oclc=154176074}} | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=b5cF63jx-k4C | *[https://books.google.com/books?id=b5cF63jx-k4C Sketches of India] (autobiographical work of first India trip, with many photos) | ||
*[http://www.bondurant-family.org/BFA/History/Entries/2009/12/1_Joan_Bondurant__WWII_Spy_and_Scholar_on_India_%26_Nonviolence.html At Bondurant family website] | *[http://www.bondurant-family.org/BFA/History/Entries/2009/12/1_Joan_Bondurant__WWII_Spy_and_Scholar_on_India_%26_Nonviolence.html At Bondurant family website] | ||
*[http://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/4909 Finding aid for the Joan V. Bondurant Papers, 1918-2003], Rare Books Special Collections & Preservation Department, University of Rochester. | *[http://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/4909 Finding aid for the Joan V. Bondurant Papers, 1918-2003], Rare Books Special Collections & Preservation Department, University of Rochester. | ||
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[[Category:People of the Office of Strategic Services]] | [[Category:People of the Office of Strategic Services]] | ||
[[Category:Gandhians]] | [[Category:Gandhians]] | ||
[[Category:University of the Pacific (United States) faculty]] | [[Category:University of the Pacific (United States) faculty]] | ||
[[Category:University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni]] | [[Category:University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni]] | ||
[[Category:People from Great Bend, Kansas]] | [[Category:People from Great Bend, Kansas]] | ||
[[Category:American women non-fiction writers]] | [[Category:American women non-fiction writers]] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:06, 27 September 2025
Joan Bondurant | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 18, 1918 |
| Died | September 12, 2006 (aged 87) |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Political science, civil resistance, nonviolent revolution |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley, University of the Pacific |
Joan Valerie Bondurant (December 18, 1918 – September 12, 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: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict (1958), a book on Gandhian political philosophy.
Early life and intelligence work[edit | edit source]
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 World War II 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[edit | edit source]
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: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict (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]
Her collection of personal and research papers was given to the Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation of River Campus Libraries at the University of Rochester in 2012 and was opened to researchers in 2015.[8]
Selected works[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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. 36 (2). (Royal Institute of International Affairs: 215–216. doi:10.2307/2612055. JSTOR 2612055.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1177/000271625932400183. S2CID 144648173.
- ↑ "Papers of World War II spy, friend of Mahatma Gandhi now fully available to the public - NewsCenter". 2015-12-31. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Sketches of India (autobiographical work of first India trip, with many photos)
- At Bondurant family website
- Finding aid for the Joan V. Bondurant Papers, 1918-2003, Rare Books Special Collections & Preservation Department, University of Rochester.