The Philosophy of the Bomb

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The Philosophy of the Bomb is a revolutionary pamphlet associated with the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army that articulates a radical, militant justification for violent resistance against British colonial rule in India.

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The Philosophy of the Bomb canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf manifesto ⓘ
political pamphlet ⓘ
revolutionary pamphlet ⓘ
argument dramatic acts of violence can awaken the masses ⓘ
violence is a legitimate tool against oppressive colonial regimes ⓘ
associatedWith Bhagat Singh ⓘ
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association leaders ⓘ
author Hindustan Socialist Republican Army ⓘ
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association ⓘ
circulation clandestine ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
criticizes exclusive reliance on non-violent methods ⓘ
moral absolutism against political violence ⓘ
documentType pamphlet ⓘ
field political philosophy ⓘ
revolutionary theory ⓘ
genre political literature ⓘ
revolutionary literature ⓘ
historicalContext late colonial India ⓘ
historicalPeriod Indian independence movement era ⓘ
historicalSignificance key text of revolutionary strand of Indian freedom struggle ⓘ
ideology socialist republicanism ⓘ
influencedBy revolutionary nationalism ⓘ
socialist thought ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject British colonialism in India ⓘ
Indian independence movement ⓘ
anti-colonial struggle ⓘ
revolutionary violence ⓘ
movement Hindustan Socialist Republican Army ⓘ
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association ⓘ
opposes British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India

colonial rule in India ⓘ
constitutional gradualism ⓘ
moderate nationalism ⓘ
politicalGoal establishment of a socialist republic in India ⓘ
overthrow of British rule in India ⓘ
politicalPosition anti-imperialism ⓘ
revolutionary socialism ⓘ
purpose critique of non-violent resistance ⓘ
justification of violent resistance to British rule ⓘ
propaganda for revolutionary action ⓘ
relatedWork Hindustan Socialist Republican Association manifesto ⓘ
supports armed struggle ⓘ
direct action ⓘ
revolutionary terrorism ⓘ

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Hindustan Socialist Republican Army → document → The Philosophy of the Bomb ⓘ
HSRA → publishedDocument → The Philosophy of the Bomb ⓘ
Bhagwati Charan Vohra → notableWork → The Philosophy of the Bomb ⓘ
Bhagwati Charan Vohra → wroteText → The Philosophy of the Bomb ⓘ