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Penguin Gandhi reader

ed. by Rudrangshu Mukherjee

Buch

englisch

Mukherjee, Rudrangshu (Ed.) DNB

Penguin Books

New Delhi

1993

xxi, 295 p.

978-0-14-023686-6

Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948

Culled from the "Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi", this volume contains a representative selection of his writings focusing on themes which were central to Gandhi's philosophy. The book is divided into eight sections and discusses the following in detail: Gandhiji's complete rejection of what is known as modern civilisation together with its materialistic nature; the doctrines of swaraj and swadeshi, which meant more to him than mere independence from the British; the creed of non-violence, the centrepiece of his political theory; his role in mass movements, particularly in the Non-Co-operation Civil Disobedience and Quit India movements; his views on women and sex; his arguements against caste and untouchability; his thoughts on capitalisnm and socialism; his commitment to a united India, his firm belief in religious tolerance and, finally, his lifelong struggle towards the attainment of both home rule and self rule.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction * Critique of Modern Civilization * Swaraj and Swadeshi * The Creed of Non-Violence * The Mass Movements * Women and Sex * Caste and Untouchability * Socialism and Trusteeship * Hindu-Muslim Unity, Partition and Independence * Appendices * Notes * Index

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