Author: Antony Copley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 118
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0195631900
Description
This book examines the intellectual and cultural values, and the events, particularly the Second World War, which shaped Gandhi's distinctive political, economic and social ideals, especially his philosophy of non-violence.
Mahatma Gandhi was one of the outstanding moral and political figures of the twentieth century. This book assesses his life and career, from his education in India and England, through his years in South Africa as a young lawyer and emergence as leader of the Indian minority there, to his return to India and central role in the struggle against the Raj. Antony Copley examines the intellectual and cultural values, and the events, particularly the Second World War, which shaped Gandhi’s distinctive political, economic and social ideals, especially his philosophy of non-violence. He concludes by considering the legacy of Gandhi’s thinking both within the beyond India.
Contents
1. Formative Influences: Ahimsa and Satya (non-violence and truth)
2. South Africa: Satyagraha or passive resistance
3. Gandhi and the Indian Freedom Struggle: Swaraj of self-rule
4. The Indian Economy: Sarvodaya or social uplift
5. Indian Society: Sarvodaya II
6. ‘Quit India’
7. The Legacy of Gandhi
Glossary
References and Further Reading
Index