Hind swaraj and other writings / M.K. Gandhi ; edited by Anthony J. Parel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948, author.

Contributor:

Parel, Anthony, editor.

Series:

Cambridge texts in modern politics.

Cambridge texts in modern politics

Standardized Title:

Selections. 1997

Language:

English

Gujarati

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--India.

Nationalism.

India--Politics and government--1919-1947.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (lxxvii, 208 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Gandhi: 'Hind Swaraj' & Other Writings

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Summary:

Hind Swaraj is Mahatma Gandhi's fundamental work. It is a key to understanding not only his life and thought but also the politics of South Asia in the first half of the twentieth century. For the first time this volume presents the 1910 text of Hind Swaraj and includes Gandhi's own Preface and Foreword (not found in other editions) and annotations by the editor. In his Introduction, Anthony Parel sets the work in its historical and political contexts. He analyses the significance of Gandhi's experiences in England and South Africa, and examines the intellectual cross-currents from East and West that affected the formation of the mind and character of one of the twentieth century's truly outstanding figures. The second part of the volume contains some of Gandhi's other writings, including his correspondence with Tolstoy, Nehru and others. Short bibliographical synopses of prominent figures mentioned in the text and a chronology of important events are also included as aids to the reader.

Contents:

Principal events in Gandhi's life

Hind Swaraj

Supplementary Writings. Gandhi's letter to H.S.L. Polak. Gandhi's letter to Lord Ampthill. Preface to Gandhi's edition of the English translation of Leo Tolstoy's Letter to a Hindoo. Gandhi-Tolstoy letters. Gandhi-Wybergh letters. Gandhi-Nehru letters. Economic development and moral development (1916). Gandhi on machinery, 1919-47. Constructive programme: its meaning and place (1941), 1945. Gandhi's 'Quit India' speech, 1942. Gandhi's message to the nation issued before his arrest on 9 August 1942. Gandhi's political vision: the Pyramid vs the Oceanic Circle (1946). Draft Constitution of Congress, 1948.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948. Hinda Svarāja. English.

ISBN:

1-139-88231-7

1-107-38526-1

1-107-39870-3

1-107-39029-X

0-511-55869-4

1-107-38385-4

1-107-38737-X