Gandhi (Profiles in Power)

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Gandhi’s is an strange and compelling story. Few individuals in history have made so great a mark upon their times. And yet Gandhi never held high political administrative center, commanded no armies and was once not even a compelling orator. His ‘power’ subsequently makes a particularly fascinating subject for investigation. David Arnold explains how and why the shy student and affluent lawyer changed into some of the powerful anti-colonial figures Western empires in Asia ever faced and why he aroused such intense affection, loyalty (and now and then much bitter hatred) among Indians and Westerners alike. Attaching as much influence to the theory and image of Gandhi as to the man himself, Arnold sees Gandhi not just as a Hindu saint but as a colonial subject, whose attitudes and experiences expressed much that was once common to countless others in India and in other places who sought to grapple with the overwhelming power and cultural authority of the West.

A vivid and highly readable introducation to Gandhi’s life and times, Arnold’s book opens up fascinating insights into some of the twentieth century’s most remarkable men.


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