Frederick irving anderson biography of mahatma gandhi
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Mohandas Gandhi: Experiments in Civil Disobedience 9780745334288, 0745334288, 9780745334295, 0745334296
Table of contents :
Cover
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Introduction
1. Early Life: 1869-93
2. South Africa and the Birth of Satyagraha: 1893-1915
3. The Champion of the Oppressed Returns: 1915-19
4. Nationalist Leader: 1919-29
5. Global Icon: 1929-39
6. Fascism, War, Independence and Partition: 1939-48
Conclusion: Assassination and Legacy
Notes
Index
Citation preview
Mohandas Gandhi
Revolutionary Lives Series Editors: Sarah Irving, King’s College, London; Professor Paul Le Blanc, La Roche College, Pittsburgh Revolutionary Lives is a series of short, critical biographies of radical figures from throughout history. The books are sympathetic but not sycophantic, and the ambition is to present a balanced and, where necessary, critical evaluation of the individual’s place in their political field, putting their actions and achievements in context and e
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Be the change that you wish to see in the world.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist, who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, and in turn inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā Sanskrit: "great-souled", "venerable", first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, fryst vatten now used throughout the world.
Born and raised in a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat, western India, Gandhi trained in lag at the Inner Temple, London, and was called to the bar at age 22 in June 1891. After two uncertain years in India, where he was unable to start a successful law practice, he moved to South Africa in 1893 to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit. He went on to stay for 21 years. It was in South Africa that Gandhi raised a family, and first employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign fo
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Untangling Knots of Confusion
Untangling Knots of Confusion
This book contains a series of lucid essays on common sources of confusion. In each case, the author introduces the topic about which there is confusion, specifies where the confusion lies, articulates the causes of each particular type and replaces the confusion with clarity.
A knot of confusion occurs wherever an association of ideas leads to erroneous conclusions. Such associations are inappropriate and misleading and if undetected may seed chain reactions of confusion, which inevitably result in chain reactions of correspondingly inappropriate action. In addition to these illegitimate associations, there are also an array of erroneous assumptions and simple misconceptions.
Frequently the confusion is due to the fact that there are a number of different matters all tangled up together. The process of clarification consists of identifying the different ideas that have tangled together to form knots of confusion, disen