The Great Political Thinkers In Achieving Freedom - Mythological Features

Abstract

The term resistance is generally used whenever we oppose or defend a particular issue. The modern usage of the term
has originated from the self-designation of several movements during World War II, especially the French resistance. A
resistance movement is a group or collection of individual groups, dedicated to opposing an invader in an occupied
country or the government of a sovereign state. It seeks to achieve its objects through either the use of non-violent
resistance (sometimes referred to as civil resistance) or the use of armed force. Resistance movements may include any
irregular armed force that rises up against an enforced or established authority. Some resistance movements are
underground organizations engaged in the struggle for national independence in a country under military occupation
or totalitarian domination. Tactics of resistance movements against a constituted authority range from non-violent
resistance and civil disobedience, to industrial sabotage and guerrilla warfare. For example, In India, Gandhiji adopted
the techniques of civil disobedience in the early 1930s and passive resistance during the Quit India movement in 1942.
In this unit, you will learn about the strong and staunch nationalists who resisted not only the British government but
also forces within the nation that were stopping them from achieving their personal ideals for the nation.