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Richard Bartlett Gregg (1885–1974) was an American social philosopher said to be "the first American to develop a substantial theory of nonviolent resistance" and an influence on the thinking of Martin Luther King, Jr, 〔Ansbro, John J. (1982). ''Martin Luther King, Jr: The Making of a Mind''. Orbis Books. pp. 146-7, 149.〕 Aldous Huxley, 〔Huxley, Aldous and Baker Robert S.(ed.) (2002). ''Complete Essays, 1936-1938''. Volume 4. I.R. Dee. pp. 240, 248. See also the reference to Gregg's ''The Power of Non-Violence'' in Huxley's ''Ends and Means'' (1937).〕 civil-rights theorist Bayard Rustin, 〔Kosek, Joseph Kip. (Richard Gregg,Mohandas Gandhi, and the Strategy of Nonviolence )〕 and pacifist and socialist reformer Jessie Wallace Hughan.〔Bennett, Scott H. ''Radical Pacifism: the War Resisters League and Gandhian nonviolence in America, 1915-1963'', Syracuse University Press, 2003, p. 47.〕 Gregg's ideas also influenced the Peace Pledge Union in 1930s Britain,〔Ceadel, Martin (1980). ''Pacifism in Britain, 1914-1945: The Defining of a Faith''. Clarendon Press. pp. 250-257.〕 although by 1937 most of the PPU had moved away from Gregg's ideas.〔Ceadel, p. 256.〕 After graduating from Harvard, Gregg sailed to India on January 1, 1925 to learn about Indian culture and to seek out Gandhi.〔(Richard Gregg, Mohandas Gandhi, and the Strategy of Nonviolence )〕 His publications include ''Gandhiji's Satyagraha or non-violent resistance'', published in 1930, and ''The Power of Non-Violence'', from 1934. His revision, ''The Power of Non-Violence'' (1960) included a foreword by King. The book was republished in several other editions, including a Swedish translation in 1936 (as ''Den nya maktfaktorn: motstånd utan våld''). Gregg's 1939 pamphlet ''Pacifist Program in time of war: threatened war, or fascism'' was a program detailing how American pacifists could use non-violence to oppose war and fascism in the United States.〔Lynd, Staughton. ''Nonviolence in America: a documentary history'', Bobbs-Merrill, 1966, (pp. 271-296 reprint part of Gregg's pamphlet).〕 In the 1940s Gregg became interested in ecology and organic farming, and spent several years living on a farm owned by Scott and Helen Nearing. 〔Kosek, Joseph Kip.(2009) ''Acts of Conscience: Christian Nonviolence and Modern American Democracy'' Columbia University Press. pp. 224.〕 Gregg was also author of other books, including ''The Compass of Civilization'', and the essay ''The Value of Voluntary Simplicity'' (Wallingford, PA: Pendle Hill, 1936), a philosophical essay on the need and benefits of living more simply. He coined the term "voluntary simplicity". == References == * * 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Gregg (social philosopher)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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