Gandhi : selected writings / Mohandas Gandhi ; edited and with an introduction by Ronald Duncan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Duncan, Ronald, 1914-1982.

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. 1951. Beacon

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948.

Gandhi.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

253 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2005.

Summary:

India's political and spiritual leader, Mahatma ("Great Soul") Gandhi led his country's struggle for independence from Britain through a campaign based on nonviolence and civil disobedience. Gandhi's doctrine of nonviolent action profoundly influenced civil rights leaders around the world, including Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela. This anthology of the Mahatma's writings offers a revealing look at his life and philosophy.

Editor Ronald Duncan provides a lengthy introduction in which he recounts his personal association with Gandhi. "In making this selection," he notes, "I have tried to bear three things in mind: firstly, my intention to present material of permanent interest as opposed to comments on day-to-day political matters; also to show the development and to give the essence of Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of Satyagraha [defense of and by the truth], and its basis in the religious teachings of the Gita; and thirdly, I have tried to emphasize those ideas which, though they may not seem immediately applicable to Western life, should be of considerable relevance to contemporary thought."

In addition to substantial extracts from Gandhi's writings, this collection features his speeches-including some made during his trials-and extracts from his diary. The book concludes with a selection of Gandhi's correspondence with Lord Linlithgow, then Viceroy of India, and their reflections on the country's future.

Contents:

pt. 1. Anasakti Yoga, or the gospel of selfless action, an extract from Gandhi's commentary on the Bhagavad Gita

pt. 2. The Gita and Satyagraha; the philosophy of non-violence and the doctrine of the sword; a letter from Tolstoy to Gandhi

pt. 3. The practice of Satyagraha or civil disobedience; the passive resister's discipline and method; the growth of Congress; Satyagraha and Nazism; Satyagraha as a means of national defence; an appeal to England; Ahimsa and Himsa; Fasting as a method of passive resistance

pt. 4. A reply to the poet, Tagore; Politics and religion; Advice to Satyagrahis in an industrial strike; A letter to the viceroy inaugurating the non-co-operative movement; An appeal to his followers; The Swadeshi Movement

pt. 5. Report of the Trial of Mahatma Gandhi; a letter to Mahatma Gandhi from prison

pt. 6. Brahmacharya; the virtue of chastity

Caste, and Hindu Muslim Unity

Monoculture in education

The untouchables

Hinduism

pt. 7. Extracts from Gandhi's diary kept during his residence in Delhi after India had achieved dominion status up to the time of his assassination

pt. 8. Correspondence between Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Linlithgow, viceroy of India.

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: Selected writings of Mahatma Gandhi. Boston : Beacon Press, 1951.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-250) and index.

ISBN:

0486437663

9780486437668

OCLC:

56329091

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