Gandhi: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) used to be one of the crucial few men in history to fight concurrently on moral, religious, political, social, economic, and cultural fronts. All the way through his time as a lawyer in South Africa he developed his strategy of non-violence: the idea of opposing unjust laws by non-violent protest. He led the Indian National Congress party in three major campaigns against British rule, each and every culminating in his arrest.

In Gandhi, a short introduction to Gandhi’s life and thought, Bhikhu Parekh outlines both Gandhi’s major philosophical insights and the limitations of his thought. Written with extensive get entry to to Gandhi’s writings in Indian languages to which most commentators have little or no get entry to, Parekh looks at Gandhi’s cosmocentric anthropology, his spiritual view of politics, and his theories of oppression, non-violent action, and active citizenship. He also considers how the success of Gandhi’s principles were limited by his lack of coherent theories of evil, and of state and power. Gandhi’s view of man as ascetic allows no room for expressions of the cultural, artistic, or intellectual. Furthermore, he used to be so hostile to up to date civilization that he used to be unable to appreciate its complex dialectic or offer a meaningful narrative.

Nevertheless, Gandhi’s life and thought had a huge have an effect on at the Indian nation, and he continues to be widely revered–known before and after his assassination as Mahatma, the Great Soul.

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