Presents the story of the great leader who succeeded in bringing about social and political change in India through nonviolent means.
Based on the complete edition of his works, this new volume presents Gandhi's most important political writings arranged around the two central themes of his political teachings: satyagraha (the power of non-violence) and swaraj (freedom).
Originally published in 1965, a compendium of excerpts offers insight into the spiritual leader's beliefs about action as a central component of non-violent resistance, his opposition to the caste system, and legacy as a proponent of ...
... Roger Ludwig, William Hart McNichols, Chris MooreBackman, Don Mosley, Michael Nagler, Randall Mullins, Sharon Pavelda, Laurie Raymond, Bert Sacks, Michael Sonnleitner, Michael True, Louie Vitale, Patrick Walsh, and Jerry Zawada.
This trajectory, like that of Christ, was the result of Gandhi's passion: his conscious courting of suffering as the means to reach divine truth.
Here is the first volume of a magisterial biography of Mohandas Gandhi that gives us the most illuminating portrait we have had of the life, the work and the historical context of one of the most abidingly influential—and ...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.
Mohandas Gandhi
Calling for non-violent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights around the world. Gandhi is recognized internationally as a symbol of hope, peace, and freedom.
This compelling biography traces the evolution of Mohandas K. Gandhi as he forged the philosophy of Satyagraha_from Indian words for "truth" and "firmness"_amid the brutal racism of South Africa and helped lead the struggle for Indian ...
Contains 351 letters written by Gandhi from 1924-1948 to Mira (formerly Madeleine Slade), an English woman who abandoned her comfortable upper middle class life and went to India where she...