Mahatma Gandhi: Selected Political Writings

by Gandhi, Mahatma; Dalton, Dennis

• ISBN13: 9780872203303
• ISBN10: 0872203301
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-09-01
• Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc

Summary

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 swaraji (freedom). Dennis Dalton's general introduction and headnotes highlight the life of Gandhi, set the readings in hisorical context, and provide insight into the conceptual framework of Gandhi's political theory.

Table of Contents

A Note on the Texts
Introduction	p. 3
Satyagraha: The Power of Nonviolence	p. 27
Truth Is One	p. 30
The Crime of Chauri Chaura	p. 32
What Is Truth?	p. 35
Preface to Leo Tolstoy's "Letter to a Hindoo"	p. 37
On Ahimsa	p. 40
Non-violence	p. 41
My Path	p. 42
"On the Verge of It"	p. 43
Letter to Narandas Gandhi	p. 44
Love Not Hate	p. 45
Civility	p. 47
The Need for Humility	p. 49
Satyagraha, Civil Disobedience, Passive Resistance, Non-co-operation	p. 50
Satyagraha - Not Passive Resistance	p. 51
The First of August	p. 58
The Non-co-operation Resolution	p. 59
Evidence Before Disorders Inquiry Committee	p. 60
Is It Unconstitutional?	p. 64
Doctrine of the Sword	p. 69
Civil Disobedience	p. 73
Letter to Lord Irwin	p. 75
Duty of Disloyalty	p. 79
Some Rules of Satyagraha	p. 81
"Render Unto Caesar"	p. 83
Fasting in Non-violent Action	p. 87
Was It Coercive?	p. 88
Notes to Part I	p. 93
Swaraj: Gandhi's Idea of Freedom	p. 95
Independence v. Swaraj	p. 98
Resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Changes	p. 101
Speech on Fundamental Rights	p. 103
True Independence	p. 107
Implications of the Constructive Programme	p. 108
Hindu-Muslim Question in India	p. 110
Hindu-Muslim Tension: Its Cause and Cure	p. 113
Hindu-Muslim Unity	p. 114
The Sin of Untouchability	p. 118
An Impatient Worker	p. 121
Speech at Public Meeting, Trichinopoly	p. 122
Caste Has to Go	p. 124
Untouchability, Women and Swaraj	p. 126
Speech at Bhagini Samaj, Bombay	p. 127
Women of Gujarat	p. 130
Answers to Zamindars	p. 132
Economic Equality	p. 133
Interview to Nirmal Kumar Bose	p. 135
Speech at Meeting of Village Workers, Nagpur	p. 137
Who Is a Socialist?	p. 139
The Realities	p. 143
Duty, Democracy and Swaraj	p. 144
Democracy and Non-violence	p. 148
Notes to Part II	p. 153
Chronology	p. 155
Glossary	p. 159
Bibliography	p. 163
Index	p. 165
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