The Essential Writings
Mahatma Gandhi
Edited by Judith M. Brown
17 April 2008
ISBN: 9780192807205
464 pages
Paperback
196x129mm
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Price: £10.99This new selection of Gandhi's writings taken from his books, articles, letters and interviews sets out his views on religion, politics, society, non-violence and civil disobedience. Judith M. Brown's excellent introduction and notes examines his philosophy and the political context in which he wrote.
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This new selection of Gandhi's writings taken from his books, articles, letters and interviews sets out his views on religion, politics, society, non-violence and civil disobedience. Judith M. Brown's excellent introduction and notes examines his philosophy and the political context in which he wrote.
- A new selection of Gandhi's writings, with an important Introduction by a leading scholar of Gandhi's life, designed to introduce his life and thought to readers.
- Drawn from the full range of Gandhi's published work - books, articles, broadcasts, interviews, letters - the selection covers his thinking on religion and spirituality, on society and its problems, on politics and British rule, and on non-violence and civil disobedience.
- The selection is arranged to demonstrate Gandhi's belief that transformation in human life should be from the roots upwards, from the individual through to social and political relations.
- Judith Brown's Introduction provides a succinct account of Gandhi's life and his ambiguous role in the Indian nationalist movement; it examines what kind of thinker and writer Gandhi was, and how he built a coherent body of thought which he attempted to put into daily practice.
- Invaluable notes help the non-specialist reader understand the political context in which Gandhi was writing, the many allusions to his broad reading, and the people to whom he wrote and referred.
- Detailed chronology, up-to-date bibliography, glossary, and index.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Edited by Judith M. Brown, Beit Professor of Commonwealth History, University of OxfordTable of Contents
- Gandhi, his mission, and the influences on him
Gandhi reflects on himself
Gandhis acknowledges the major influences on him
Authentic human life and the transformation of the individual
The truly human life
The search for God
True religion and particular religious traditions
Seeking truth through non-violence, self-discipline, and service
Transforming societies
Creating moral societies
Ashrams - centres of personal and social transformation
India under British rule: making a new nation
Understanding swaraj
Making swaraj - the Constructive Programme
Making swaraj - key issues
Non-violence as political action
The birth of non-violent action
The essence of satyagraha
Appropriate behaviour for satyagrahis
Tactics and dilemmas in satyagraha
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